A construction crew performing restoration work on historic walls in the Central Italian city of Isernia discovered something ancient and remarkable. It was a buried, sculpted marble head that had apparently been detached from a larger statue. The head was missing its nose, but other than that it was intact and in great condition. There […]
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Augustus Mausoleum – Largest Circular Tomb On Earth To Reopen In Rome
The massive tomb of Augustus, will reopen in March after a 10-million-euro ($12.25 million) project, which includes a virtual reality plug-in and has restored the ancient building to its former glory. Built by Rome’s first emperor, the Augustus tomb is the largest circular tomb in the world. With Julius Caesar as his great-uncle, Augustus reigned over […]
Did Augustus’ Royal Coins Lead the Magi from Parthia to Bethlehem?
One of the great mysteries of the New Testament is the Star of Bethlehem and the magi (the three kings or wise men) who “followed” the star to pay their respects to the newborn Jesus. Most historians date the birth of Jesus between 7 BC to 2 AD. Over time, astronomers and theologians theorized the […]
August — The Month of Augustus
By Reginald C. CouzensFrom The Stories of the Months and Days [1923] This month is also named after a great Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, but was first called Sextilis, the sixth month. Augustus, whose full name was Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus–Augustus (the Majestic) being a title given him after he became emperor–was a young man […]
The David Duke Show: The ZioMedia’s Role in Promoting Human Degradation & Brutality
David Duke May 23, 2016 Dr. Duke addressed the issue of the growing Jewish domination of Christianity. He pointed out that in past centuries, Christianity was one of the bulwarks protecting Europeans from exploitation by Jewish moneylenders and malfeasants. But Jewish influence in the Catholic Church has grown to the point that the Zio media […]
‘New York Times’ uncorks laughable Israeli propaganda
Primarily, however, the influence of Arabic on Hebrew exists not in semantic transfers, but in loan words, loan-translations, and morphological patterns. Loans are the most obvious, such as the word adīv (‘polite’), which comes from the Arabic adīb (‘cultured’); morphological patterns can be found in such constructs as the Hebrew greeting boqer ṭōv (‘good morning) […]