What was the original language of the documents that became the “New Testament”? For centuries, the consensus has been that it was written in Greek, yet in recent years, a growing minority has claimed it was composed in Hebrew, and then later translated into Greek. After all, the apostles were…
Heating ducts installed before the 1980s used insulation containing asbestos that is now known to cause cancer called mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is an exceptionally aggressive disease that’s caused by direct or indirect exposure to asbestos. This material often contained about 15% chrysotile asbestos. Other asbestos-containing materials were used in HVAC systems,…
Famous People From Alaska. Singer/Songwriter Jewel, model Holly Madison, writer Margaret Elizabeth Bell, Basketball star Carlos Boozer, painter Sydney Lawrence and Baseball star Curt Schilling are a few famous people from Alaska. Carlos Boozer is one of the contemporary icons of Basketball who has represented several renowned teams like ‘Chicago……
Ashley Massaro, the former WWE wrestler, Playboy model, and winner of WWE’s “2005 Raw Diva Search,” leaves behind a daughter. She was born into a family of wrestlers. Massaro dated Matt Hardy in 2005. She was also linked to Paul London in 2008. It was not clear whether she was…
What did the Apatosaurus eat? The Apatosaurus was an herbivore, meaning it only ate plants. It had to eat a LOT of plants every day to maintain its large size. It probably ate all sorts of plants including tree leaves and ferns. Apatosaurus had a skull that was rather small…
Both groups of writings point out how Ashoka was a ruthless ruler before he turned Buddhist. He is known to have killed almost all his hundred or so step brothers who could have been possible claimants to his throne. By his order, terrible tortures were inflicted on prisoners in his…
She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage. Additionally, Aphrodite was widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea and of seafaring; she was also honoured as a goddess of war, especially at Sparta, Thebes, Cyprus, and other places. Magic Girdle (symbol)…
“Assyria” can also refer to the geographic region or heartland where Assyria, its empires and the Assyrian people were (and still are) centered. However, in 116, under Trajan, Assyria and its independent states were briefly taken over by Rome as the province of Assyria. The Assyrian kingdom of Adiabene was…
Apollo 13 was NASA’s third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission’s dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours into the flight forced the crew to abandon all thoughts of reaching the moon. never giving up how to…
Until the war, most of the leading Athenian politicians had come from noble families. The democratic form of government in the city-state of Athens remained an anomaly, however, as the rest of the Greek city-states were run either as tyrannies or, most often, by oligarchies. Who had an oligarchy in…