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Israeli archaeologists excavating 'Jesus midwife' tomb
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by...
Medieval child was buried with this popular snack — and archaeologists have no idea why
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 2014, archaeologists in Germany unearthed the grave of a medieval boy with a strange object...
Exact burial spot of St. Nicholas, inspiration for Santa Claus, discovered in Turkish church
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMural in the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey. A fresco of Jesus in a church in Turkey's...
Was King Herod the Great really so 'great'? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHerod the Great − though in the Gospel of Matthew, he wasn't so great. Hulton Archive via Getty...
14 biggest historical mysteries that will probably never be solved
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe so-called Voynich Manuscript, a small unassuming book usually stored in a Yale University vault,...
Peru pipeline workers unearth ancient children's cemetery
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPeruvian workers unearthed eight bundles of funeral belongings believed to be around 1,000 years old while installing a gas pipeline in capital Lima, archaeologists said on Friday, saying the ...
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoDec 22 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world. Below are some stories from this week selected by our ...
This place was inhabited for centuries – but has only recently had tourists
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAlso known as al-Hijr or Mada’in Saleh, Hegra is the crown jewel of Saudi Arabia’s archaeological...
Daily Briefing: 'Your money is not charity'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address to Congress where he urged lawmakers to keep sending aid to his war-ravaged nation. Also in...
