Beth Snider on the Odd News Show writes about a mysterious large green stone discovered at the Temple complex in Hattusa, the capital of the ancient Hittite Empire, standing on a raised platform and measures 215 by 140 feet (65 by 42 metres). The Hattusa Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of nephrite standing […]
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Since the early times of the Jewish group “The Way“, there have been followers of Jesus Christ who consider it necessary to meet regularly to study Scripture together but also to jointly praise God. Since the first centuries AD, gatherings of believers have been held in private houses, in addition to official places, such as […]
Was John an early competitor for Jesus’ centrality to the Church? And did Jesus himself believe that he owed something fundamental to John? These are questions that arise from a close study of the gospel narrative in Matthew, Mark and Luke. It’s a fascinating hypothesis focusing on what appears to be, at least to […]
How much do you know about the beliefs and spiritual ideas embraced by Jews of the Second Temple Era? Biblical literature lays a solid foundation, but it is not a secret that students of antiquity also survey many texts outside the Bible to understand the broader cultural context. […]
The Antonine Plague overturned the status quo in the second century, C.E. Did this lead to the spread of Christianity? The year was 166 C.E., and the Roman Empire was at the zenith of its power. The triumphant Roman legions, under the command of Emperor Lucius Verrus, returned to Rome victorious after having defeated their […]
The legend of Mary the penitent whore is found only in the Western church; in the Eastern church she is honored for what she was, a witness to the resurrection.
Roman Temple from the reign of the first Christian emperor There might have been a remarkable religious continuity between the Roman world and the early Christian world, but aware of the strength of the religious group ‘The Way’ Constantine the Great was very smart to lure so-called followers of Christ to agree with his proposals. […]
’10-foot-tall people’ discovered by archaeologists in Nevada cave Mythology, folklore and even the Bible tell us that Cs once roamed the Earth. And, it turns out, there’s evidence to back this claim. Extraordinary human remains have been found in the US state of Nevada, with some of the skeletons measuring up to 10 feet tall. […]
Elagabalus, who now seems to be a transgender, had a short reign which was notorious for sex scandals and religious controversy.
The ancient Sumer city of Girsu was explored and then lay abandoned for more than a century, until 2015, when a British Museum-led team began sifting through the debris and the “cigarette packs of the French guys” who had previously excavated it. The discovery of the lost palace and temple hold enormous potential for our understanding of this important civilisation, shedding light on the past and informing the future
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By FE Editorial Dept. A group of at least 25 engineers and technicians engaged in working on the findings on Sunday. They dug, cleared the dirt and preserved the skeletons. They also worked on piecing together clay jars found inside some of the graves. General view of Roman-era cemetery…
With just a few days left before the Romans were sure to breach their defenses, men, women and children frantically tore apart the roofs of their homes and hauled dirt from around the mountaintop, all in last-minute attempt to throw up a new wood-and-earth wall that might hold back the coming battering ram. It’s a […]
Twenty years ago there was a lot to do about discussions brought forward by the speculation that Jesus would have fallen in love with Mary Magdalene and would have had children by her. In the previous posting you could read that after his third novel, Deception Point (2001), Dan Brown returned to Langdon with The […]
Twenty years ago a novel saw light in a world where already more people were coming up against the Catholic Church, but this time also telling a lot of historical lies.
In several places around the world, one can find portraits, paintings and sculptures depicting Jesus as a white man. But that is not at all consistent with the real appearance of the man who was born in Bethlehem and lived in Nazareth. By the way, there is scientific evidence to back that up.
The vast majority of the excavated areas of the ancient city of Nimrud were destroyed by ISIS through multiple attacks on the area, but now clean-up work can begin on restoration and further scientific research.
Decimated by war, revolution, and famine, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia had to face the Bolsheviks and their decrees and how the relative freedom that the Lutheran Church had experienced became curtailed by the dictates of the Soviet state.
The time of nationalisation of the property in the Soviet Union and the perseverance of the Church and its parishioners
About the National Lutheran Council (NLC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics coming into existence but having problems with housing and famine
Looking at what became the course of Lutheranism and the stand to religion in the Soviet Union
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