Exiled Afghan minister vows to recover looted antiques
Among the lost treasures Abdul Manan Shiway Sharq wishes to recover is a 1,200-year-old siddur.
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Among the lost treasures Abdul Manan Shiway Sharq wishes to recover is a 1,200-year-old siddur.
Volunteers have cleaned up stunning sites including Sanhedrin seat and huge Roman theater that were buried under trash; as authorities argue, experts plead to set up national park
If two days of Purim isn’t enough for you to start loving Teveria, you’re in luck. There’s a third day, and for the really frum, even a fourth day of Purim here
The Luzzatto High Holiday mahzor, which will be on sale at a public auction in Sotheby’s New York on Tuesday, is far more than an ancient manuscript: it may be the most i
To begin with, Anunnaki translates to “princely blood” or “seed of Anu”, not “those who came down” or “those who came from heaven to earth”, as many modern sources have claimed. The Anunnaki are “the Sumerian deities of the old primordial time;” a pantheon of gods who were the children of the sky god Anu and his sister, Ki. Significantly, some scholars have come to realize that the Anunnaki should more appropriately be considered demi-gods or semi-divine beings. Apparently, Anu’s sister Ki was not originally considered a deity and was only ascribed the status of a god...