On the evening of Saturday, December 20, 1919, cold winds swept New York Harbor as 249 leftist radicals waited on Ellis Island to board USS Burford. The Army transport was to carry the deportees, most of whom were not American citizens, to Soviet Russia. The Soviet state formed after the overthrow of the czar in … Lire la suite
9,000-year-old shrine discovered in Jordan desert Nathan Steinmeyer February 28, 2022 0 Comments 1542 views Share Two anthropomorphic figures, nicknamed by researchers “Ghassan” (left) and “Abu Ghassan” (right), discovered inside a Neolithic ritual complex in southeast Jordan. Credit: Courtesy South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project. While excavating ancient Neolithic hunting traps in Jordan’s southeastern desert near … Lire la suite
Major General Benedict Arnold’s 1780 plot to surrender the American fortifications and garrison at West Point to the British, one of the Revolution’s most dramatic episodes, nearly succeeded. Arnold’s treasonous undertaking failed thanks to a remarkable convergence of events—events that many, including General George Washington, could explain only as divine intervention. “In no instance since … Lire la suite
L’Argentina è un grande paese con una varietà di paesaggi e climi. Quindi, non sorprende che abbia 35 parchi nazionali che vanno da incantevoli deserti a ghiacciai spettacolari. I 35 parchi sono distribuiti in 20 province e in tutte le regioni climatiche del paese. Mentre alcuni parchi non hanno ingresso o tariffa di campeggio, altri … Lire la suite
Who Were the Minoans? Minoan civilization confirmed European by 2013 DNA study Noah Wiener February 27, 2022 32 Comments 26638 views Share This Bible History Daily article was originally published in May 2013. It has been updated.—Ed. Who were the Minoans? The Minoan civilization is remembered for its ornate frescoes, including this Prince of the … Lire la suite
The Army has awarded a posthumous honorary promotion to the service’s first Black colonel, elevating him to brigadier general more than 100 years after his death, Army Times has learned. Col. Charles Young’s career, which stretched from his West Point graduation in 1889 to his forced medical retirement in 1917 that kept him from fighting in World … Lire la suite
The West’s most important repository of learning J. Harold Ellens February 26, 2022 26 Comments 29922 views Share When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C.E.,the Ptolemaic dynasty was given control of Egypt. Ptolemy I (c. 367–283 B.C.E.) established his capital at Alexandria and immediately began to build up the city.Ptolemy’s grandest project, begun in … Lire la suite
On February 2, 1855, Alexis Soyer, Britain’s most famous chef, left a London theater to join friends at a nearby restaurant. A waiter showed him to the wrong room, and while waiting in vain for his fellow diners, he picked up a copy of the London Times newspaper and read the latest distressing report from … Lire la suite
BAS Staff February 25, 2022 0 Comments 112 views Share The Mazars I WAS SURPRISED that Eilat Mazar’s cousin, Amihai Mazar, was not mentioned in her very nice Milestones memorial column (Fall 2021). Was that an oversight or are there professional reasons? Tom Davis Fairfax, Virginia It is true that the Milestones obituary in BAR, … Lire la suite
Explore first-century pilgrimage routes connecting Galilee and Judea Megan Sauter February 24, 2022 0 Comments 4490 views Share This map shows pilgrimage routes from Galilee to Jerusalem. In the first century C.E., many Jews traveled to the Jerusalem Temple to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths. … Lire la suite
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