After purification
Christian Moderns: After purification posted by Philip Gorski

World's oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years
Dr Jon Henderson said: "This site is unique in that we have almost the complete town plan, the main streets and domestic buildings, courtyards, rock-cut tombs and what appear to be religious buildings, clearly visible on the seabed. Equally as a harbour settlement, the study of the archaeological material we have recovered will be extremely important in terms of revealing how maritime trade was conducted and managed in the Bronze Age." Possibly one of the most important discoveries has been the identification of what could be a megaron — a large rectangular great hall — from the Early Bronze Age period. They have also found over 150 metres of ne

Happy Diwali, from President Obama (video)
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Emic and etic perspectives in modern-day Judaism, via someecards
via someecards.com Thank you to my student Molly. Permalink

From the newsletter of the Valley Forge Baptist Temple (VFBT.org)
This arrived in my mailbox today as part of a seven-page, tabloid-format newsletter with a lot of information about the modern Middle East. Permalink |