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Israeli researchers have revolutionized archaeology with a new method for analyzing burnt materials, confirming the Biblical account of Gath’s destruction and providing new insights into ancient building technologies. This image shows one of the studied burnt mudbricks. Credit: Dr. Yoav VakninNew technology interprets archaeological findings from Biblical times.The new study scientifically corroborates an event described in the Second Book of Kings – the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael King of Aram.The…

The toilet seat taken from the House of Ahiel, excavated in the Old City of Jerusalem. A domestic building made up of seven rooms, it would have housed an upper-class family at the time. Date of construction is hard to pin down, with some placing it around the 8th century BCE. Credit: F. Vukasavovic A new analysis of ancient feces taken from two Jerusalem latrines dating back to the biblical Kingdom of Judah has uncovered…

Foo Fighters releases first album since Taylor Hawkins’ death ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Foo Fighters has announced its first album since the sudden death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022, reports ‘Variety’. ‘But Here We Are’ is set to arrive on June 2, with its lead single, ‘Rescued’, available now. “A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, ‘But Here We Are’ is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family,” a media release…

The fragment of the translation of the New Testament is visible under UV light. Credit: © Vatican LibraryIt is an important piece of the jigsaw puzzle in New Testament history and one of the oldest textual witnesses of the Gospels: a small manuscript fragment of the Syriac translation, written in the 3rd century and copied in the 6th century. A researcher from the Austrian Academy of Sciences discovered the fragment with the help of ultraviolet photography.About 1,300 years ago a scribe in Palestine took a book of the…

The fragment of the Syriac translation of the New Testament under UV light Credit: Vatican Library About 1,300 years ago a scribe in Palestine took a book of the Gospels inscribed with a Syriac text and erased it. Parchment was scarce in the desert in the Middle Ages, so manuscripts were often erased and reused. A medievalist from…

As a beautiful young TV star at the turn of the millennium, Gulchehra Hoja was highly valued by the Chinese state. She presented popular children’s programmes, was lavishly paid and mingled with influential media figures in Beijing. But by 2017, she had been designated a terrorist and placed on China’s most wanted list. The next year, 24 of her family members disappeared in a single night, into the black hole of state detention.A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs is Hoja’s account of that dizzying journey from local…

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Sorry, everyone, it looks like all those people who told you that if you just do your best and persevere you’ll be recognized were right all this time. Or at least that’s the takeaway lesson from The Fabelmans star Judd Hirsch’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Hirsch was first nominated back in 1980 for his supporting role in Ordinary People and today’s nomination means that he’s waited 42 years between the two nominations, longer than any other actor. Judd Hirsch's…

On Friday it was announced that UK pop band Steps – Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Lisa Scott-Lee, Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Lee Latchford-Evans – had clinched the number one spot in the album charts with their latest release ‘The Platinum Collection’, fighting off strong competition from rising Mancunian rapper Aitch and the undisputable Queen of Pop Madonna. The achievement means that Steps is the first mixed-gender British band to score a number one in four different decades – ‘Steptacular’ in the 90s, ‘Gold’ in the 00s,…