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What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...
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What is the ancient Egyptian 'Eye of Horus' — and why is it found in so many burials?
According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...
'Dry Bones' cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen helped Jews to love our faults, not just heroics - opinion
Starting in 1973, thanks to The Jerusalem Post, Yaakov Kirschen, the “Mad” Zionist, applied that screwball approach to the ...
Excavation adventures in the Valley of the Kings
A few years back, when I was working as part of an archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, I unearthed a slab of white limestone covered in ancient paint smears. More of that later ...
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US cites Georgia firm after chemical cloud disrupted life in Atlanta’s suburbs
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility ...
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Meet Father Spyridon: A Greek monk in an ancient cliffside monastery keeps island life together
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...
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How much of your daily life in the U.S. depends on imports?
7 News' Michael Schwartz brought us through his day to see what how many things he uses daily that come from another country. At the Purple Door Knob in Buffalo's Elmwood Village sells socks made ...