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From the blog of Micah Ben David Naziri at The Times of Israel

From the blog of David Rosenthal at The Times of Israel

Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon continue a storytelling tradition with their dragons, and one woman helped make it happen.

By Uditha Devapriya udakdev1@gmail.com On the field and onstage, military bands play a decorative function today. Originally formed to accompany armies to their battles, they flourished in the West after the 17th century. A number of factors, including the rise of trade, industry, literacy, and imperialism, combined to popularise it in Europe and the United […]

The Biblical Tower of Babel was historically built by Enmerkar of the House of Uruk at Eridu in ancient Sumer, not Babylon.

From a meteor crashing down off the coast of South Florida, to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-N.V.) accusing Lockheed-Martin of housing UFO fragments, to the widely popular “Ancient Aliens” of the History Channel, curiosity about the existence of aliens has continually captured our imaginations. As just one example, take the Area 51 raid craze, where such feelings of curiosity evolved and gained mainstream traction. But why do aliens keep popping up? Well, there’s a specific ...