News tagged with hebrew language

Most ancient Hebrew biblical inscription deciphered

Professor Gershon Galil of the department of biblical studies at the University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign), and has shown that ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Illustrious Jewish roots of Tory leader revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cameron’s Jewish history goes back hundreds - if not thousands - of years, according to a University of Manchester historian. Dr Yaakov Wise, who specialises in Jewish history, says the Tory leade ...

Other Sciences / Other

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Oldest Jewish archaeological evidence on the Iberian Peninsula

German archaeologists of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena found one of the oldest archaeological evidence so far of Jewish Culture on the Iberian Peninsula at an excavation site in the south of Portugal, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 12

Hebrew inscription appears to confirm 'sign of Jonah' and Christian reference on ancient artifact

(Phys.org) -- Following the recent announcement of the discovery of the earliest known Christian imagery in the exploration of a sealed first century Jerusalem tomb, controversy predictably erupted, with numerous members ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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More words dying and fewer words being added to languages in digital age: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding new words to an existing language, or dropping old ones is something people have always done. As new things or ideas are discovered, new words crop up to describe them. But now, in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Ancient 'graffiti' unlock the life of the common man

History is often shaped by the stories of kings and religious and military leaders, and much of what we know about the past derives from official sources like military records and governmental decrees. Now ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twitter adds Arabic and Hebrew

Twitter on Tuesday launched Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and Urdu versions of its website, further localizing of the popular one-to-many text messaging service.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hackers launch fresh attacks on Israeli websites

Arab hackers claimed responsibility Wednesday for a series of attacks on prominent Israeli websites, including that of daily newspaper Haaretz.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook

(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The riddle of the Syriac double dot: The world's earliest question mark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University manuscript specialist, Dr. Chip Coakley has identified what may be the world’s earliest example of a question mark. The symbol in question is two dots, one above ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Israel unveils 'first sin-free Yiddish smartphone'

An Israeli telecoms company is offering ultra-Orthodox Jewish clients a kosher smartphone with Hassidic folk music ringtones and a menu in Yiddish, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 11

Brain doesn't need vision at all in order to 'read' material

The portion of the brain responsible for visual reading doesn't require vision at all, according to a new study by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and France.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast


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