Fibula from Bornholm Island (Denmark)
“There are very few of these types of buttons. It is likely that someone travelling to the island carried it there,” – said...
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Did Samson Really Tear up Lion like a Young Goat?
Van Dyck’s Samson and Delilah. Delilah was a Philistine woman for whom the hero conceived a passion, and who betrayed him. She pried out...
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Possible Site of Christ’s Trial Was Found in Israel
According to scientists’ guess, the construction they discovered was the palace of Herod Antipas. It is pointed out that archeologists...
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Papyrus text stirred up debates among religion scholars over the wife of Jesus
In September of 2012, at a conference in Rome, a fragment of papyrus discovered by archeologists caused serious debates. The artifact, that...
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Letter of Egyptian Soldier
LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN SOLDIER WRITTEN 1,800 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN DECIPHERED. A newly deciphered 1,800-year-old letter from an Egyptian solider...
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How Tamerlan’s Tomb Was Opened
On the night of June 20, 1941, soviet scientists opened Timur’s (Tamerlan’s) tomb. Later this event generated all sorts of myths....
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Apostle James, son of Zebedee (James the Greater)
Saint James the Greater was one of the Twelve Apostles called by Jesus Christ to serve God. James was born in Palestine, and died a...
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Nabataean King Aretas IV
After yet another trip to Israel, my numismatic collection was supplied with several valuable objects. One of such objects is a Nabataean...
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