The Templar Tunnel is an underground passageway located in the city of Acre, in what is now Israel. This tunnel was built by the Knights Templar when the city was under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and served as a strategic passageway connecting the Templar palace to the port. After Acre fell to…
In times of loss, change or other challenges, chaplains can listen, provide comfort and discuss spiritual needs. These spiritual caregivers can be found working in hospitals, universities, prisons and many other secular settings, serving people of all faiths and those with no faith tradition at all.
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Під час розкопок у Персеполі (Іран) науковці знайшли залишки брами, відомої як Ворота Кира. Колись це була одна з найвідоміших брам стародавнього світу, зокрема й через її розкішне оздоблення.
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Біля підніжжя гори Кух-е-Рахмат (Гора Милосердя) на південному заході Ірану лежать руїни Персеполя — стародавнього міста, яке колись було столицею імперії…
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Isaac Asimov’s iconic science fiction collection “I, Robot” tells the story of androids created at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. The androids range from “Robbie,” who is nonvocal, to “Stephen Byerley,” who may or may not be a robot – he is so humanlike that people can’t tell.…
Israel’s military says it is reviewing reports on casualties after Hamas says the attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City killed and injured a ‘large number’ of people. Report Al-Jazeera
An Israeli air attack has killed and injured a “large number” of displaced people sheltering at a church compound in Gaza, according…
The Ukrainian parliament yesterday approved in first reading a bill banning the Orthodox Church dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, with the latter supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to deputies.
“It is a historic decision,” MP Ina Shofshun wrote on Facebook.
According to another deputy, Yaroslav Zeleznyak, the bill was approved by 267 deputies,…
The whole tomb is littered with signs and symbols which mention Queen Neferтιтi and after some time had pᴀssed and the expert linguists managed to decipher the stories told here the team was baffled.
The story is written from the point of view of her followers, as we follow their attempts to see whether her…
Archaeologists discover Zapotec ‘entrance to underworld’ beneath a church in Mexico.
A team of researchers has uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient underground temple of Lyobaa, known as the “place of rest” to the Zapotec people, beneath the ruins of Mitla in southern Mexico.
The legendary tunnels were first described in 1674 by historian…
The monastery of Hosios (Venerable) Loukas in central Greece, one of the most important Byzantine monuments included on the UNESCO World Heritage List, was engulfed in flames on Wednesday 23rd of August 2023.
The site is home to one of the best-preserved collections of mosaics from the Macedonian Renaissance of Byzantium.
The wildfires completely burned the courtyard of…
Поїздка поїздом за певними маршрутами в Європі нерідко може обійтися вдвічі дорожче, ніж літаком. Але на деяких популярних маршрутах поїзд все ще є найдоступнішим варіантом.
TRAVEL РБК-Україна з посиланням на TheLocal.dk розповідає, на яких маршрутах в Європі поїздка потягом обійдеться дешевше за рейс літаком.
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Від Праги до Берліна.…