The nouveau riche John Paul Getty Museum and the older and highly respectable Metropolitan Museum of Art are both hiding their blushes – or doing their best to hide them – over a scandal that has erupted following the arrest and extradition of Marion True, former...
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem represents the greatest point of sanctity for the Jewish people. The Temple had a section known as the Holy of Holies, where the Ark of the Covenant, containing the Ten Commandments and the Torah, was housed. While it stood, Jews were...
The Bible is a historical book. Rather than being a “once upon a time” fairytale, it is rooted in history. Ernst Renan once said that “all history is incomprehensible without Christ.” But it is also true that both Christ and the Scriptures are equally incomprehensible...
The Rosetta StoneBackground, History, Deciphering, And Significance Of The Find Of all the finds that can be called “keys” to the ancient languages, the Rosetta Stone occupies a very high position. The story is very fascinating, and is sketched below at some length...
The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Modern Persian: بیستون ; Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning “the god’s place or land”) is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the town of...
