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There has been a lot of press coverage this week, because of a Channel Five documentary [UK only here ] that claims Cleopatra VII of Egypt d...
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With Christmas coming up, I thought I'd share the movies that the three Kings will be watching over the Holidays. Voting was entirely democr...
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I’ve temporarily taken down my profile picture. It's a long story. In several installments. There might be a new one tomorrow. I'm a natural...
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A Roman mosaic , circa AD 300, from Villa Roman del Casale , Piazza Armerina, Sicily. (Photos: source ) Although 2006 is being celebrated in...
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Zahi Hawass has just admitted that his previous claims that nothing was stolen from the Egyptian Museum were ... optimistic - or bull, depen...
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Archaeologists find the body of a crucified man in an elaborate tomb dating to the first century AD, or Roman period in Jerusalem ... crucif...
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Early depictions of the Passion of Christ tended to omit the crucifixion, and there are very few representations of it in the Early Christia...
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Police in Turkey swooped on a site that was being 'excavated' by looters last week, and made an amazing discovery - a tomb believed, becau...
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Lot of silly claims about Cleopatra in the press again this week-end ... for a sane summary of them, see David Meadows here . I don't know w...
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