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Dead Sea Scrolls: "Qumran fortress" team responds to criticism
[Please note: I have added a November 16 update on a newly issued article about the "virtual reality" film created by the "Qumran fortress" team, which is being shown over and over again to thousands of visitors... Pre-Inca Temple Discovered in Peru
Archaeologists have made an exciting find in Peru - a temple including roadways and an irrigation system that dates back to pre-Inca times. This find will further provide evidence to the existence of the Killke...Exit Festival, Serbia: Dates for 2008
The Exit Festival in Serbia is the event on everyones lips with over 10,000 Brits making it their festival of choice in 2007 and winning ‘Best European Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards. Set within the...Editorial: The cut and run exit strategy
The situation in Iraq is clearly untenable for the "Coalition of the Willing" and a way out of the mess created by this coalition is now the new focus. A difficult situation, because of what are we going to say to... Tower of London gets first female Beefeater
"It may have taken over 500 years for feminism to breach the walls of the Tower of London, but visitors to the fortress are being greeted by the first female Beefeater since the guards were established.
Moira... Warriors occupied Qumran? Scrolls battle continues
During the past decade or so, a variety of sources, including the Cambridge History of Judaism, have made it clear that Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship is polarized between two salient theories of Scroll origins,... I Vant to Buy Your Castle: Dracula's digs for sale
Picture the ad: For Sale: Large castle. 13 bd., 2 bath, complete with bats and secret passages. Perfect for newlywed ghoulies with plans for a brood or bachelor werewolf who likes having house guests. Secret lab and... New Findings Question Masada History
The iconic Masada mountain, in the Judean desert of Israel, has been a symbol of Jewish complacency for centuries. Leaders of Israel have often cited the last stand and ultimate suicide of the inhabitants of... Flying in a WWII B-24 "Liberator" Bomber
Thanks to a documentary on which I am working and the kindness of the Collings Foundation, I flew along with the "Witchcraft" B-24 crew as "Wings of Freedom" flew from San Antonio to Austin, Texas. "Wings of Freedom"... Phony cops stage mass abduction in Baghdad
"BAGHDAD -- Gunmen in police uniforms and official-looking vehicles stormed the city's central marketplace this morning, kidnapping between at least 21 and as many as 60 storekeepers and buyers amid bursts of automatic weapon-fire and panic, police and witnesses said. The...Lebanon's War of Words
"With Hizballah raising the level of its anti-government rhetoric and prime minister Fouad Siniora virtually under siege, any chance for compromise in Beirut looks increasingly dim. The Grand Serail, an Ottoman-era palace that houses Lebanon's government, began its life as a...Harper Supports Calderon
"As I pointed out earlier our PM and his pal George Bush were in Mexico to legitimate the illegal government of Felipe Calderon. A goverment that has been supressing human rights, killing and torturing the opposition, in Mexico. But Harper was silent on that issue."Right Against Right
"The plan to create an intergrated Free Trade Zone of North America is supported in Canada by the Right Wing, in particluar members of the New Government of Canada and their allies in the Canadian CEO lobby under Thomas d'Aquino and by rigth wing provincial governments like...All Traces Of The Mountain Fortress Were Obliterated By B-52 Bombers
"B-52 bombers made repeated passes over the Tora Bora area throughout the day, and huge plumes of smoke rose from the barren hills and ridges. Hundreds of anti-Taliban fighters watched from several miles away as dust filled mountain valleys."History of the Great Wall
The most awesome structure ever devised by man. It lies along the northern border of China like a great sleeping dragon. It crosses deserts, mountains, valleys and rivers. When it crosses a river, there are secure...
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