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A 3,000-Year-Old Clay Tablet May Reveal The Location Of Noah's Ark
The world’s oldest map, a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, may reveal the location of an […] ...
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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
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Herodotus and the Controversy of When Jerusalem was Destroyed
Was Jerusalem destroyed in 587 or 607 BCE? Often overlooked in this controversy is some evidence from Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.
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The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood
Among the British Museum’s prodigious collection of cuneiform tablets and fragments ... irritatingly ‘noisy’ world that is becoming uncontrollably overpopulated. The Jews’ God, by contrast, acted ...
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Best Historical Materials: 2024
The phrase “Ancient Near East” encompasses dozens of societies using numerous languages over nearly two millennia, who recorded their works in cuneiform ... and the link between themselves and God, ...
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Iraq recovers stolen artifacts from Japan and Switzerland in major diplomatic effort
Iraq recovered stolen artifacts from Japan and Switzerland, marking a significant step in preserving the country's rich ...