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Ancient 'curse tablet' may show earliest Hebrew name of God
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An ancient Bible just sold for $38.1 million. Here's why it's so important
The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for ...
Alexander The Great’s tunic uncovered at ancient burial site — a few millennia after the fact
“Ancient sources describe a medium white tunic, and this one matches with their descriptions,” researcher Dr. Antonis ...
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Ancient Tunic in Greek Tomb Belonged to Alexander the Great, Controversial Study Claims
“The physical description [of the tunic] exactly fits the description in the ancient sources of the sacred Persian mesoleucon sarapis [the garment] which belonged to Pharaoh and King Alexander ...
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The oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible that went missing for 600 years sells for a record $38 million
An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible.
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Ancient Hebrew Bible to be auctioned for estimated $30M price
“There are three ancient Hebrew Bibles from this period," said Yosef Ofer, a professor of Bible studies at Israel’s Bar Ilan University: the Codex Sassoon and Aleppo Codex from the 10th ...
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Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived.
That may have seemed almost impossible less than 150 years ago, when the language was thought to exist only in ancient religious texts. For some two thousand years, Hebrew lay dormant as Jewish ...
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World's oldest nearly complete Hebrew bible is expected to sell for up to $50 million, making it the most expensive book ever sold at auction
An ancient Hebrew Bible, which is more than 1000 years old, is being sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon is "the earliest, most complete text of its kind," auction house Sotheby's said. It's ...
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Sotheby's hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible
“There are three ancient Hebrew Bibles from this period,” said Yosef Ofer, a professor of Bible studies at Israel’s Bar Ilan University: the Codex Sassoon and Aleppo Codex from the 10th ...
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Name diversity sheds light on social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms
A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological findings. Applying diversity statistics typically used in ecological ...
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Alexander The Great’s tunic uncovered at ancient burial site — a few millennia after the fact
An ancient tunic beleived to belong to Alexander the Great was found in the Royal Tombs of Vergina in Greece. Alamy Stock Photo What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece ...