The third largest mosque in the world was inaugurated in Algeria
It’s also Africa’s largest, but critics view the mosque as a vanity project for a former president who tried to name it after himself. Al Jazeera reports. Cars drive past the Djamaa El-Djazair or the Great Mosque of Algiers [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo] Algeria has inaugurated the world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque,…
Sensation!? Egypt’s Oldest Papyri Detail Great Pyramid Construction
CHRISTOPHER KLEIN Egypt’s oldest papyrus fragments, which detail the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, have gone on public display in Cairo. In 2013, a joint team of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered a remarkable find in a cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Wadi el-Jarf—hundreds of inscribed papyrus fragments that…
Brazil: 9,000-year-old Human Skeletons and Over 100,000 Artifacts
Surveyors in Brazil were appraising a site identified for the building of a new apartment complex. However, they downed tools, and called in archaeologists when they started finding bones and shards of pottery. Now, a multi-layered archaeological site has been revealed which has yielded 43 human skeletons and in excess of 100,000 artifacts. …

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The Templar Tunnel. Israel

The Templar Tunnel is an underground passageway located in the city of Acre, in what is now Israel. This tunnel…

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An Israeli air attack killed and wounded a large number of dasplaced people sheltering in a Church compound in the Gaza Strip

Israel’s military says it is reviewing reports on casualties after Hamas says the attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius…

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Ukraine passes bill to ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church in first reading

The Ukrainian parliament yesterday approved in first reading a bill banning the Orthodox Church dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, with…

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The Church of San Pablo in Mexico: a mysterious entrance to the Underworld

Archaeologists discover Zapotec ‘entrance to underworld’ beneath a church in Mexico. A team of researchers has uncovered compelling evidence of…

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Wildfires reached UNESCO World Heritage Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Greece

The monastery of Hosios (Venerable) Loukas in central Greece, one of the most important Byzantine monuments included on the UNESCO World Heritage List,…

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Sexual exploitation of Pakistani Christian women

It is an undisputed fact that Pakistani Christian women face the problem of forced marriage and religious conversion, but apart…

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An Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Turns out to be the Oldest Christian Documentary Lette

Ancient Egypt is not all about Pyramids, mummies, and secrets hidden beneath the sands. In fact, the land of the Pharaohs,…

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Cексуальне насильство з боку католицького духовенства зазнали близько 2000 дітей. Іллінойс (США)

У новому судовому звіті названі імена 451 католицького священнослужителя та релігійних братів, які чинили насилля над дітьми в період з…

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Падіння Константинополя 570 років тому: асиметрична відповідь Колумба і наслідки для української історії

570 років тому, 29 травня 1453 року, турки-османи після тривалої облоги захопили Константинополь – столицю Візантійської імперії. А на той…

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Миротворчу місію від Ватикану в Україні очолить кардинал Маттео Дзуппі, архиєпископ Болоньї та голова Італійської Єпископської Конференції. Про це пише…

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