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2,800-year-old structure unearthed in Israel was likely used for cultic practices and sacrifice, archaeologists say
Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence of cultic activity and possibly ...
3,000-year-old pagan shrine sealed by Jesus’ ancestors is opened in ‘dramatic’ discovery
A religious shrine sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus — and preserved for nearly 3,000 years — has been discovered in the ...
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Why Was Zora Neale Hurston So Obsessed With the Biblical Villain Herod the Great?
The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...
Shrine from the Bible sealed up by Jesus' ancestor is OPENED for the first time in 3,000 years
Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, ...