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Ancient history (up to AD 700).
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The forged Pilate inscription
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The true believers (of any faith) always get
upset when people like me point out the
necessity in viewing religiously significant
"Finds" as suspect, and they always claim
that it's some evil, secularist/atheistic plot
against their one true faith (which ever one
that happens to be). But, nothing could be... more »
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Max I. Dimont on Jews of the Roman Empire
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According to Max I. Dimont ["Jews, God and History," Signet (1962)]
[link] , if
Christianity had not emerged, Judaism would have become the dominant
religion in the Roman Empire; and he writes "[...] in the first
century A.D. over 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire... more »
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Aramaic Ossuary Inscription Translation
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In 1953 a cave outside of Jerusaleum was discovered in connection with
the Dominus Flevit Church.
122 ossuaries were found and 43 had inscriptions and 1 was claimed to be
that of St. Peter.
The charcoal inscription they claim reads 'Shimon Bar Yonah' (or some
variation of that) or in English 'Simon son of Jonah'.... more »
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Bronze warship ram
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Analysis of a bronze battering ram from a 2000 year-old warship sheds light
on how such an object would have been made [link]
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Pluto's Gate Uncovered in Turkey
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"Pluto's Gate Uncovered in Turkey"
A "gate to hell" has emerged from ruins in southwestern Turkey, Italian
archaeologists have announced. Known as Pluto's Gate -- Ploutonion in
Greek, Plutonium in Latin -- the cave was celebrated as the portal to
the underworld in Greco-Roman mythology and tradition....... more »
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worst claim EVER for "Proof" of God
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Talk about lowering the bar... Sheesh!
Here's an example of some pretty lame "scholarship"
in defense of a book of spells.
Here's the claim:
...arabswagger.tumblr.com/post /46286991619/
Now if you're having trouble understanding what
he's saying (or just don't want to understand it),
let me explain:... more »
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19th-century bibliographies of Hebrew?
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Hello y'all. This is a repost of a question I asked of humanities.classics. In case you're the only person who's looked at it at Google Groups, or you've seen it on a real server, I apologise; but nobody there has answered, and it seemed worth trying here, although this seems to be the least... more »
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