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Jerusalem expressed worries about the Iran Deal talks, and Mahmoud Abbas has urged Biden to cancel a law that deems his PLO a terror group.
Interestingly, the rebels used existing Roman coins and re-struck them with their own themes and messages.
Until now, the earliest destruction layer of Jerusalem comes from the Babylonian conquest of 586 BCE. For archaeologists, an earlier historical anchor — if proven through hard, securely dated evidence — serves as an important stratigraphical...
Finding the Dead Sea Scrolls was a profound archeological and spiritual discovery. Texts from all but one of the books of the Bible were found in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages.
kot63/iStock via Getty Images Plus Can anything beat the smell of an old book? The scent can be delightfully musty, with grassy notes of smoked wood and delicate chocolate. It has the power to transport readers to a far-flung time and place, to the oak-paneled library of their dreams. The odor is caused by a flurry of volatile organic compounds—such as furfural or benzaldehyde—that drift off the yellowing pages as the text ages. Books, after all, are made from organic materials such as leather and paper, which naturally decay over time. (Books also do an excellent job trapping the stench ...