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History & Archaeology
Super rare looted Jewish coin returned to Israel
JERUSALEM—American authorities have returned a rare, 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel nearly two decades after it was looted, smuggled and put up for auction…
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History & Archaeology
Museum of the Bible returns manuscript that was stolen from monastery during WWI
The Museum of the Bible has returned a stolen manuscript to the Greek Orthodox Church. Bulgarian troops in 1917 looted…
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Travel
How Star Wars’ Jedi were inspired by the Knights Templar and the church
Star Wars is once again in the spotlight and pulling on nostalgic heartstrings in the new Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan…
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History & Archaeology
Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – reveal tragedy on personal level
Newly found photos of the Holocaust are helping researchers put stories to the victims. The summer of 2022 marked the 80th…
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Faith
Christian History: Bible backing archaeologist Kenyon
Seventy years ago this month, Frederick George Kenyon passed away. He was a trailblazer in biblical archaeology. “Both the authenticity…
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Judge rules against Ben & Jerry’s in lawsuit over sales in Israel
Residents of Israel’s Judea and Samaria regions will be able to continue buying Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. A federal…
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Travel
Stalin and the “Night of the Murdered Poets”
Power kills. Absolute power kills too many to count. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin spoke with personal authority on the subject when he…
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University of Kansas offering course in “Angry White Male Studies”
Families planning to send their kids to the University of Kansas this fall may want to take a close look…
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Why handwritten diaries are still relevant
The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young Americans studying abroad back in 2002,…
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Travel
First known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah uncovered in Israel
The earliest known depiction of biblical heroines Jael and Deborah was discovered at an ancient synagogue in Israel, the University…
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