News tagged with aramaic texts
Technology brings new insights to ancient language
(PhysOrg.com) -- New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East's oldest continuously ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Ancient seal found in Jerusalem linked to ritual
A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.
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Dec 29, 2011 |
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2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls go online
Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel's ...
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online
The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world's most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled.
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Oct 19, 2010 |
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What do we really know about the crucifixion of Jesus?
The many different accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus find little support in historical sources. The reason is that antique sources generally lack descriptions of crucifixions, says Gunnar Samuelsson, University of Gothenburg, ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (Update)
(AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading ...
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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The story of ancient Persia gets digitized
The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago is using modern technology to digitally record thousands of tablets that, as they are being pieced together, tell an unusually detailed story of the Persian ...
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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Who was Jesus?
The historical person Jesus of Nazareth - beyond the accounts in the creeds and the Gospels, which are all characterized by religious belief - is the focus of Tobias Hägerland's dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought
For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay tablet ...
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Jun 18, 2007 |
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Piecing together the Medieval Middle East
An important collection of ancient Jewish and Arabic documents, equal in significance to the Dead Sea Scrolls, and discovered as fragments in an old storeroom, has received a major grant for its upkeep. The Taylor-Schechter ...
Apr 10, 2006 |
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