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Ancient letter written by Roman emperor leads to "monumental" discovery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that...
1,700-year-old Roman shipwreck was stuffed to the gills with fish sauce when it sank
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScuba divers swim in shallow water to observe the shipwreck. A Roman-era shipwreck on the Spanish...
Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSotirios Gkaintatzis danced across burning coals, his stomping bare feet raising sparks and puffs of...
Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMany Christian and Muslim families in Gaza today were displaced following the creation of new Arab...
Opinion: Religions and nations often try to use each other leading to coercive power
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of the oldest insights of sociologists of religion is that religions and national governments...
Holy relic of St. Jude the Apostle to visit Victorville
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoConsidered a holy relic, a bone from St. Jude the Apostle has left Italy for the first time and will...
‘Colorful’ 1,700-year-old mosaic floor again emerges from growth by Israel hiking trail
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the 1980s, archaeologists unearthed an ancient mosaic “adorned with colorful floral designs” that...
Learn the history of 10 symbols of Easter
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEaster, the single-most important day in the Christian faith, is rich with symbolism. Embraced for centuries, the symbols also include adaptations of...
When did Rome fall?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany historians consider the fall of the Western Roman Empire to have been when the emperor Romulus Augustulus abdicated, but not all historians agree.
Henry Idema: Do you believe in ghosts?
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne way of looking at the New Testament is that it is a long ghost story. The gospels, Matthew, Luke, and John have stories of Jesus appearing to his...