In an astonishing irony, Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)1 has uncovered valuable inscriptions and other antiquities from the Assyrian empire. Iraqi troops advancing on Mosul alerted archaeologists to ancient objects found in tunnels dug under a mound by Isis. Isis has been notorio…
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October 31 this year is the ninetieth anniversary of the famous Charge against the Turkish trenches at Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse in 1917. The Charge, said to be the last great cavalry charge in military history, saw the conquest of Beersheba by the Anzac and British forces.
For the …
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A visiting professor at the British Museum has made a discovery “that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based on fact” (“Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament” by Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk 13/07/2007).
The Te…
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Sixty years after the foundation of the State, Israel still identifies its citizens in terms of their country of origin or ethnic affiliation, but not as ‘Israelis’. Passports, identification cards and other official documents in Israel, identify citizens as ‘Spanish’, ‘French’, etc, but…
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Artefacts found in an ancient Greek tomb excavated in 1977 by archaeologists working in the northern Greek village of Vergina may have belonged to Alexander the Great, researchers now believe (‘Alexander the Great’s “Crown”, Shield Discovered?’ Sara Goudarzi for National Geographic News ht…
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Documents recently released by the British National Archives have revealed the extent of debate among British diplomats over the fate of “Jewish refugees fleeing the ashes of post-war Germany” (‘Documents reveal historic debate over Jewish refugees,’ Israel National News, 14 May 2008 http://…
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The inscription from the tunnel king Hezekiah dug to secure the water supply of Jerusalem during the siege of the Assyrians is to be loaned to Israel by the Turkish government (“Hezekiah Inscription to return to Israel”, Jay Bushinsky, Washington Times, 5 September 2007, http://washingtontimes.c…
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Earliest painting of a biblical scene found at Pompeii
When the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, the city was frozen in time by the devastation. Overwhelmed by volcanic ash, the people of Pompeii were trapped in a shroud of debris as they went …
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In Deuteronomy the land of Israel is described as “a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills” (8:7), which “drinketh water of the rain of heaven” (11:11). Today, however, Israel’s natural water sources are no longer able to meet the increasing …
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Ancient sanctuary of the Roman god Mithra re-discovered
The opening of a new border control point between Greece and Bulgaria has made possible public access to an ancient sanctuary of the Roman god Mithra[1].
Bulgarian archaeologist Bogdan Filov discovered the site in 1915 near the Greek town o…
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