It would appear that the Dark Ages were not all that dark, church builders prove through their legacy. Drawing their inspiration from Pagan locations such as Stonehenge, Christian architects designed an exceptional religious site at the Holy Trinity Church in Barsham, Suffolk, the UK. A solitary window, seemingly pl... |
23 March 2009
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The imminence of Christmas turns scientists, as always, towards the more mystique side of the research fields. Although not the first one to do this, a study by David Reneke, news editor of Australia's Sky and Space Magazine, focused on the biblical myth of the Christmas star, the one that the three wise men pro... |
12 December 2008
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A group of Franciscan researchers claim they have discovered some perfume vials which resemble the ones used by the woman that the Bible mentions to have washed Jesus Christ’s feet. The archaeologists stumbled upon the amphoras while performing dig works in the biblical town of Magdala, now occupied by Israeli ... |
11 December 2008
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For over 7 centuries, the tightly woven linen strip, displaying the vague image of a bearded man, has been worshiped as the burial shroud of Jesus. Texts signal the existence of the shroud since the first century. Two decades ago, radiocarbon dating showed that the Shroud of Turin had been just a medieval hoax. It is... |
24 March 2008
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