Centinaia di migliaia di persone ogni anno partono per Regno Unito, sia per vedere le strade delle capitali che per esplorare le bellezze naturali del paese. Sebbene molti optino per questo viaggio per vedere alcuni dei monumenti più famosi, spesso hanno anche un’altra motivazione. Molti film e spettacoli famosi sono stati girati nel Regno Unito, … Lire la suite
The end of the 1967 Six-Day War left Israeli forces on the east side of the Suez Canal and Egyptian forces on the west side, but there was no peace agreement, only an informal ceasefire. On March 8, 1969, a frustrated Egyptian Presi-dent Gamal Abdel Nasser declared an end to the ceasefire and started the “War … Lire la suite
AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHED in 1942, a young cryptographer named Leo Marks sat in an office on Baker Street in London, trying to understand what was bothering him. Marks worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the clandestine outfit Prime Minister Winston Churchill had ordered to “set Europe ablaze” with sabotage operations. His job was to … Lire la suite
It was one minute before high noon on Oct. 27, 1962, the day that later became known as “Black Saturday.” More than 100,000 American troops were preparing to invade Cuba to topple Fidel Castro’s communist regime and destroy dozens of Soviet intermediate- and medium-range ballistic missiles thought to be aimed at targets in the United … Lire la suite
Where Are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Uncovering a lost wonder of the world Nathan Steinmeyer May 13, 2022 2 Comments 764 views Share Hanging Gardens of Babylon by John Henry Leonard, 1834–1904. Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Where are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Today, the exact locations of six of the … Lire la suite
Thousands of men enforced the law on the Western frontier as constables, sheriffs, policemen, marshals and detectives. Most of their work involved routine duties—e.g., collecting taxes, seeing licenses were up to date, arresting wife-beaters, keeping a lid on the illegal sale of booze, checking store doors at night and generally ensuring things were under control … Lire la suite
Searching for Galatia’s borders in the first century Megan Sauter May 12, 2022 0 Comments 28990 views Share Who were the Galatians in the Bible? This map shows the regions of Anatolia during the first century C.E., when Paul would have traveled through the area. Recent archaeological discoveries suggest that the province of Galatia would … Lire la suite
Pig bones as an ethnic marker? Marek Dospěl May 12, 2022 8 Comments 12358 views Share It has been established that wherever pig bones are excavated in the land of Israel, they indicate a non-Israelite population. Pork was just not part of the Israelite diet, so the thinking went. Recent studies, however, prove this assumption … Lire la suite
Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, one of the U.S. military’s most unique airplanes is still standing guard in case of catastrophe. The E-4B National Airborne Operations Center — also known as “Nightwatch” — is a flying office for the secretary of defense that uses … Lire la suite
May 11, 2022 0 Comments 704 views Share Evolution of a Taboo: Pigs and People in the Ancient Near East By Max D. Price(Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2020), xxii + 312 pp., 19 figures(maps, graphs, plans, drawings, photos), $34.95 (hardcover)Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir As someone who has been studying the Philistine culture for some … Lire la suite
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