A Date with the Past: Extinct Tree Rises Again

A sapling is sprouting from a two-thousand-year-old seed. The Judean date tree supposedly has medicinal uses, which today's scientists are keen to test." Dubbed the "Methuselah Tree" after the oldest person in the Bible, the new plant has been growing steadily, and after 26...

Analysis: Christian heresy of the Talpiot tomb?

" JPost.com » Israel » Article Feb. 27, 2007 1:01 | Updated Feb. 27, 2007 1:42 Analysis: Christian heresy of the Talpiot tomb? By MATTHEW WAGNER [Print this Article] [EMail this Article] [Subscribe] [JPost Toolbar] [Download article to your iPod/mp3 player] To...

Will Saddam's hold on Iraq be resurrected by his death?

It is hard to overstate how much Saddam Hussein dominated Iraq, physically and psychologically. His statues and portraits were everywhere, but his subjects really needed no reminders of the dictator's presence: as Abu Mohammed indicated to me, Iraqis carried Saddam in their...

Pine Trees Know When It’s Easter

Ever noticed the Pine tree crosses on Easter Sunday? Pine trees start their new growth in the weeks before Easter. If you look at the tops of the Pine trees two weeks before, you’ll see the yellow shoots. As the days get close to Easter Sunday, the tallest shoot will...

The Serpent and the real origins of Freemasonry

The Serpent is universally esteemed a legitimate symbol of Freemasonry.

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The adherents of Apollonius were known as the Apolloniei. This group survived some centuries after his death.

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