Excavations uncover church’s original medieval altar Nathan Steinmeyer April 22, 2022 0 Comments 732 views Share The ancient altar from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Courtesy Nathan Steinmeyer. During building renovations in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, archaeologists came across a stunning discovery, a large section from the church’s original ancient altar. The … Lire la suite
Earlier this week I discovered a new(ish) Smarthistory video about Karel Van Mander, an early 17th-century biographer of painters who is sometimes referred to as the “Northern Vasari.” The video spends some time featuring a print which depicts the painter Jan Van Eyck. This portrait appeared in Van Mander’s publication Het Schilderboeck. Karel van Mander, … Lire la suite
The Shapira Fragments An artifact of 19th-century Jewish Christianity Jonathan Klawans April 21, 2022 12 Comments 11194 views Share By permission of the The British Library/add. ms. 41294, fol. 33In 1883, Shapira offered to the British Museum 15 fragments of what he claimed to be the oldest written Biblical text in the world—an abbreviated version … Lire la suite
On November 1, 1945, the crew of a Douglas C-47A on a flight from RAF Bovington in England to Schleissheim Airfield north of Munich apparently lost its bearings in bad weather. Thirty people were aboard—four crewmembers and 26 soldiers returning to their base at the airfield. At around 5:00 that morning the airplane should have … Lire la suite
La Città della Luce o la città dell’amore, dell’arte, della letteratura, del buon cibo, … Tutte queste cose sono associate a Parigi, una delle mete turistiche più popolari al mondo. Parigi è la capitale della Francia con una popolazione di più di due milioni di persone, situata nella parte centro-settentrionale del paese. Per secoli, Parigi … Lire la suite
The cap badge is a special part of British Army headdress that took shape in the late 1800s and continues to be worn today. Each regiment of the British Army has a rich historical lineage filled with accomplishments and traditions reflected by these unique badges. Recommended for you Cap badges have a long and complex … Lire la suite
What the Song of the Sea reveals about the Red Sea crossing John Drummond April 20, 2022 0 Comments 661 views Share A depiction of Ramesses II slaying enemies during the Battle of Kadesh. This relief, along with Ramesses’s victory song, is carved into the walls of his temple at Abu Simbel.Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 … Lire la suite
Should the original Hebrew Bible text be modified based on information obtained from the Dead Sea Scrolls? Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 19, 2022 37 Comments 37120 views Share This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2011.—Ed. Inside Qumran Cave four, where 15,000 Dead Sea Scroll fragments from more than 580 documents were … Lire la suite
On the afternoon of June 12, 1940, Frederick Lindemann, whom British prime minister Winston Churchill had just appointed as his scientific adviser, convened a meeting at the Air Ministry. Lindemann, known to everyone as “the Prof,” extended a last-minute invitation to 28-year-old Reginald V. Jones, the relatively obscure deputy director of intelligence research. The sole … Lire la suite
Akhenaten and Moses Did the monotheism of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten influence Moses? Robin Ngo April 19, 2022 90 Comments 72299 views Share On this stela from El-Amarna, Egyptian King Akhenaten is seen with his wife Nefertiti and their daughters bearing offerings to the sun-disk Aten. Defying centuries of traditional worship of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian … Lire la suite
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