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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

Monte Pfeiffer is No. 12, second from left on the bottom row in a photograph of the Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Coal Barons. The Jewish shortstop had a breakthrough year for the minor league team in 1913.
The El Ahwat archeological site in northern Samaria.

Microscopic Clues Rewrite History of Bronze Production in the Biblical Highlands

Maya ruins near Tulum.

How LiDAR Shattered Maya Population Myths: A 45% Increase Revealed

The newly discovered sword.

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.

A large section of the possible La Fortuna shipwreck sits on the beach.

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.

DAIRY MEALS at Bet Melchett

'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.

CLASS PORTRAIT of school children at Schauenstein displaced persons (DP) camp, circa 1946.

'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.

ON APRIL 1, 1933, Nazi soldiers hang a sign on the window of a Jewish-owned business, reading: ‘German, protect yourself. Do not buy from Jews.’

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.

Archaeologists uncover a skull found at the Puemape temple, where recent excavations led by the Chicama Archaeological Program have uncovered evidence that may reshape understanding of early ritual architecture and ancestor worship, in La Libertad, Peru, in this handout photo released on August 7, 2

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.

The Ark of the Covenant’s location?

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.

Illustration: Medieval silver coins.

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.

A stone tool found on Sulawesi.

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.

New discoveries in the Pompeii digs.

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.

A reenactment of the Battle of Borodino.

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.

Illustration: Archeological remains in Afghanistan.