JERUSALEM (AP).- Underneath the crowded alleys and holy sites of old Jerusalem, hundreds of people are snaking at any given moment through tunnels, vaulted medieval chambers and Roman sewers in a rapidly expanding subterranean city invisible from the …
Beneath Jerusalem, An Undergound City that Existed 2,000 Years Ago Takes Shape
JERUSALEM (AP).- Underneath the crowded alleys and holy sites of old Jerusalem, hundreds of people are snaking at any given moment through tunnels, vaulted medieval chambers and Roman sewers in a rapidly expanding subterranean city invisible from the …
Last Supper was on Wednesday, not Thursday, Says Cambridge Professor Colin Humphreys
LONDON (REUTERS).- The Last Supper took place on a Wednesday — a day earlier than thought — and a date for Easter can now be fixed, according to a Cambridge University scientist aiming to solve one of the Bible’s most enduring contradictions. Christi…
Malaysia Christians to Preserve Five Thousand Bibles ‘Defaced’ Defaced by Authorities
KUALA LUMPUR (AP).- Five thousand Bibles that were defaced by authorities will be preserved as “museum pieces” at Malaysian churches, a reminder of problems encountered by Christians in this Muslim-majority country, officials said Thursday. The announ…
Famous Christian Landmark Tree, The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, Chopped Down
LONDON (AP).- British police were searching Friday for vandals who chopped down a thorn tree venerated for centuries by Christians. The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, said to have links to the earliest days of Christianity in England, has been reduced to…