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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While reading about Friday's "Superhero day" at Google's London office, I remembered my childhood when we all used to wrap our blankies around our shoulders and catch them with a safety pin up front and pretend that we were Batman or Superman, Wonder Woman for the girls and so on and so forth, all dependin... |
17 December 2007
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The real Da Vinci code has been found, but this time it comes with a different view than the one we know from Dan Brown's book or some Hollywood movies. Giovanni Maria Pala, 45, an Italian musician and computer technician from Lecce (southern Italy) has uncovered (at least he says so) musical notes encoded in th... |
12 November 2007
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Mary Kate Olsen's new TV role as a devout Christian seems to have gone to her head - big time. Or simply (and I'm totally in favor of this explanation) she was always a bit on the loony side only we weren't so much exposed to it so far. The fact is, in the end I think it's a good time of the year ... |
4 October 2007
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The tomb of King Herod the Great, who ruled Israel when Jesus was born, the legendary builder of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, has just been discovered by an Israeli archaeologist. The Hebrew University announced this late Monday. The tomb is located in a site named Herodium, a flattened hilltop in the Negev Deser... |
9 May 2007
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