AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarNew book examines how the Bible came to be — a loser's taleRNS - Yonat ShimronSuccessive expulsions and exiles forced the ancient scribes to forge from their defeats a new identity as a people. (RNS) — Studying the Bible from a …
AvatarnkitaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists discovered a 1,500 year-old chapter hidden within the Biblethebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitIn an extraordinary blend of ancient history and modern technology, an almost lost chapter of the Gospels has been rediscovered after lying hidden …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarScientists Have Discovered an Ancient Hidden Chapter in the Bibleverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Tim NewcombUV photography revealed it was buried under layers of other text. A scientist found a lost portion of Biblical text about 1,500 years after it was initially written. All he needed was ultraviolet photography equipment and plenty of research know-how. Announcing the discovery in a paper published in …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarCould a Ming dynasty Buddha found near an Australian beach rewrite history?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Natasha MayThe origins of the 15cm statue, verified as authentic on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, remain a mystery. Could it have been left there by 15th-century Chinese explorers?
AvatarnkitaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhy did people start eating Egyptian mummies?bigthink.com - Marcus HarmesThe weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe. Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarDNA Analysis Rewrites Ancient History of JapanSmithsonian Magazine - Livia GershonThe ancestors of modern Japanese populations hailed from three distinct groups that arrived on the island during three different periods, a new DNA …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarNative Americans Voyaged to Polynesia Long Before Europeans Reached the Americas, DNA Study Showsverified_publisherGizmodo - George DvorskyIndigenous South Americans reached islands in the South Pacific some 300 years before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, according to new …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarAmazing astronomical discoveries from ancient GreeceLive Science - By Ian Whittaker, Gareth DorrianThe Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid fifth century …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarAn ancient aquatic system older than the pyramids has been revealed by the Australian bushfiresverified_publisherCNNCNN — Extensive water channels built by indigenous Australians thousands of years ago to trap and harvest eels for food have been revealed after wildfires burned away thick vegetation in the state of Victoria. The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, consisting of channels, weirs and dams built from volcanic …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarA Professor Just Shared an Amazing Theory About the Decision to Use the Atom Bomb in World War II. Every Leader and Decision Maker Needs to Hear Itverified_publisherInc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.Are you sure you understand what the people on your team think you understand? Over the weekend, I got sucked into a Twitter thread--an amazing theory, really--about the 74th anniversary of when the U.S. dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And I realized it contains a key lesson for anyone …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarEuropean colonizers killed so many Native Americans that it changed the global climate, researchers sayverified_publisherCNNCNN — When Europeans arrived in the Americas, they caused so much death and disease that it changed the global climate, a new study finds. European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North America, causing large swaths of farmland to be abandoned …
AvatarnkitaAvatarAvatarAshkenazic Jews’ mysterious origins unravelled by scientists thanks to ancient DNAThe Conversation UK - Eran ElhaikWhere do the Jewish people come from? This is a question that anthopologists, historians and theologists have studied for millennia. According to …