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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Emperor Constantine the Great
In the month of February my collection was supplied with a follis of Constantine I the Great (306-337 CE). The coin is made out of bronze,...
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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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Travelling in Jordan: Night Petra. Part two.
On the way from Wadi Rum to Petra, we stopped at one place, from which there was an astounding panoramic view of Esh Shara Mountains and...
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Traveling in Jordan: Wadi Rum desert. Part one
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an ArabState situated in Southwest Asia. The ruling dynasty of Jordan comes from the...
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