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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Patriarch Bartholomew: Russia paying big money for articles, black propaganda in light of Ukraine developments

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew yesterday sent a clear message to Russia vis-à-vis the Ukraine issue, stating that Constantinople has no intention…

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Caldey Island is a monastic island of the Pembrokeshire coast. England

Monks first came to Caldey in the 6th Century. Pyro, the first abbot is remembered in the island's Welsh name,…

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Two ancient statues that were stolen from Nepal 30 years ago have been returned to Kathmandu

Thousands heritage artefacts were stolen from Nepal, but a statue of Shiva and his wife that were taken to the…

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The Priests in the army (old photos and film)

  A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military.…

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Amazing Transfiguration. Video.

  The Georgian artist Gioorgi Orbeladze (გიორგი ორბელაძე) shares with us the secrets of fresco painting.   https://youtu.be/7b-YdrbuBZU St. George's Cathedral.  Georgia. The…

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