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Was Thomas Jefferson really a lifelong skeptic?
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (103+ words) In February 1777, Thomas Jefferson helped establish an Evangelical church. What? Yes, that Thomas Jefferson. It was called the Calvinisitical Reformed Church of Charlottesville. And it met in the local courthouse. Why, that's enough to give the ACLU apoplexy. This was…...
How a 200-year-old Underground Railroad stop was just discovered in New York City
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (172+ words) The building housing the Merchant's House Museum was built in 1832. For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact, in New York City. The site is hidden…...
A Different Date, to Live in Infamy
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (122+ words) Many recognize Dec. 7, 1941 as the date the Empire of Japan attacked the US. And we, quite rightly, remember that date. But there is another date coming up, that represents events equally or more horrible. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese invaded the…...
Ancient Egyptian Political Cancellations
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (133+ words) Today, cancelling others is all the rage. But back in the day of the 2nd millennia BCE Egypt, some Pharaoh's already figured out that rubbing other people out of history could be good for the propaganda machine they were pushing, such…...
Ancient Roman Basilica Emerges From Lake in Turkey After 700 Years Underwater
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (103+ words) The ruins of a Roman basilica submerged in a lake in Turkey have resurfaced after spending more than 700 years underwater, revealing a major site from the early Christian world. The structure, long hidden beneath Lake Iznik (Lake Ascania in antiquity),…...
Archaeologists Identify the Site Where Jesus Exorcised the Legion of Demons and the Herd of Pigs
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (106+ words) Beyond the archaeologist's interpretation of the biblical passage, Christian tradition already pointed to Kursi as the site of the miracle, reflected in the ruins of a 5th-century Byzantine Basilica, known as the "Chapel of the Miracle," on the hill overlooking…...
Archaeologists unearth evidence of biblical power struggle beneath Jerusalem: 'Screamed with excitement"
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (116+ words) Pottery fragment, 2,700 years old, shows correspondence between Assyrian Empire and Kingdom of Judah A group of excavators recently uncovered the first-ever Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem " shedding light on ancient power struggles described in the Bible. The inscription, which was......
Continuous stone tools use and manufacture in one location 2.75 million years ago.
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (119+ words) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8zn4ln85ro "Researchers have found that the primitive humans who lived 2.75 million years ago at an archaeological site called Namorotukunan used stone tools contonuously for 300,000 years" The depth of those time spans makes me wonder what it was like to... Stone…...
Continous stone tools use and manufacture in one location 2.75 million years ago.
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (120+ words) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8zn4ln85ro "Researchers have found that the primitive humans who lived 2.75 million years ago at an archaeological site called Namorotukunan used stone tools contonuously for 300,000 years" The depth of those time span makes me wonder what it was like to be......
The Expansion of Slavery or States Rights?
5+ mon, 23+ hour ago (69+ words) The Expansion of Slavery or States" Rights? https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/the-expansion-of-slavery-or-states-rights/ Lincoln"s Confusion Over Slavery and States" Rights https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/lincolns-confusion-over-slavery-and-states-rights/ The Expansion of Slavery or States" Rights? The Expansion of Slavery or States" Rights? " Abbeville Institute Lincoln"s Confusion Over Slavery and States…...