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Plants used in Philistine rituals

February 28th, 2024|Archaeology|

The mysterious culture of the Philistines that flourished during the Iron Age (1200-604 BCE) profoundly affected the southern Levant’s cultural history, agronomy, and dietary customs.

Alabama frozen embryo ruling

February 24th, 2024|Religious|

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could

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Archeologists discover receipt from time of Second Temple in Jerusalem

Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered an ancient receipt from 2,000 years ago, dating back to the Second Temple period, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced. The artifact was found along the Pilgrimage Road that connects the City of David to the Temple Mount and is a snapshot of the bustling commercial life in biblical Israel. The findings were published in the Israel Antiquities Authority's peer-reviewed academic journal 'Atiqot. Cash or credit? An ancient Israelite financial

May 26th, 2023|Archaeology|

Scientists discover hidden Bible chapter written 1,500 years ago

Scientists have found a ‘hidden chapter’ of Bible text written more than 1,500 years ago. The page features chapters 11 through 12 from Matthew, providing more details than today's standard Gospel text. Scientists uncovered the scripture after applying ultraviolet light to a manuscript about ancient Christian stories and hymns housed at the Vatican Library. The researchers have not yet revealed a complete translation written in ancient Syriac but shared some details. In the Greek version

May 27th, 2023|Archaeology|

One Pilate Ring to Confuse Them All

For 2,000 years, a copper ring lay in the earth, passed out of all knowledge. Then its chance arrived, in the form of the archaeologist Gideon Forster excavating the ancient mountain palace called the Herodium in the Judean Desert, in the 1960s. Actually, then the ring, a sealing ring, spent another 50 years lying quietly in the keeping of the Israel Antiquity Authority. But in 2018, scholars revisited it, deciphered the writing on the ring

June 2nd, 2023|Archaeology|

Arkansas legislature names ‘Judea and Samaria’ as ‘Israel’s biblical heartland’ in resolution

The resolution, which is non-binding, is the latest instance of Republican support for Israeli territorial claims in the West Bank.   The Arkansas House of Representatives approved a resolution encouraging trade with Israel that specifically mentions “Judea and Samaria,” the biblical name for the West Bank favored by Israel’s government. The resolution, approved last month by the Republican-led chamber, declares that “the State of Arkansas, which lies in America’s heartland, has a special kinship with

June 3rd, 2023|Diaspora|
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