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Jewish baseball fans have created an exhaustive list of Jewish players. They missed Monte Pfeiffer
Monte Pfeiffer, who played a single game for the Philadelphia Athletics some 112 years ago, had vanished into baseball obscurity
Microscopic Clues Rewrite History of Bronze Production in the Biblical Highlands
How LiDAR Shattered Maya Population Myths: A 45% Increase Revealed
Templar Relic? Fisherman Uncovers 700-Year-Old Sword
Did Divers Stumble Upon an 18-Century Pirate Ship?
East Carolina University researchers say uniquely preserved timber from spanish colonial trees and an eighteenth century cannon recovered nearby support identification as La Fortuna.
Bet Melchett: Our sweet lord - review
I have visited Bet Melchett, the restaurant, several times in the last few years and always found it to be a lovely place for breakfast and lunch.
'The Last Baker of Vienna': A novel on displaced Jews in post-WWII Europe - review
Chana, the heroine of The Lost Baker of Vienna, gives voice to author Sharon Kurtzman’s feminist subtext.
'Antisemitism: History and myth': Greek Orthodox Christian examines antisemitism - review
In Antisemitism: History and Myth, Spencer provides a carefully researched overview of this most persistent, and most unjustified, of phenomena, but not, of course, any sort of remedy.
Rare ceremonial heads discovered in Peru shed light on 'Warriors of the Clouds'
The intricately crafted club heads are believed to have held ceremonial significance, hinting at ritual practices of a society whose cultural footprint remains largely unexplored.
Has the Ark of the Covenant been Found? Monumental Structure Unearthed at Tel Shiloh
Dr. Scott Stripling says the east-west oriented building with a two-to-one inner ratio aligns precisely with the description in Exodus.
Once-in-a-Lifetime Find: Berlin Dig Uncovers 13th-Century Silver Coins
State conservator Rauhut says the 4m-deep, 22,000m² excavation is one of Germany’s largest urban digs. It will continue until 2027, after which a new residential quarter will be built.
Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered on Sulawesi Rewrite Early Human History
The age of the artifacts was confirmed through paleomagnetic analysis of the sandstone and direct dating of a pig fossil, Celebochoerus Heekereni, found in the same stratum.
Survivors vs. Mount Vesuvius: Fresh Digs Show a Return to Pompeii After 79 A.D.
After the eruption, Pompeii became a fragile camp-like site, inhabited without Roman infrastructure, as people lived among the ruins until the fifth century.
Hidden Microbes of 1812: DNA Points to Paratyphoid and Relapsing Fever in Napoleon’s Grande Armée
Genetic traces of Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis were identified in teeth from thirteen soldiers buried in a Vilnius mass grave.
From Copper Coins to Bone Tools: Kabul Receives Rare Artifacts for Restoration After Decades of War
The Taliban is moving a cache including pottery, metal, glass and ivory pieces, some over 5,000 years old, from a mine.