AMMAN (AP).- Jordan’s archaeology chief says security police have recovered seven ancient manuscripts from local smugglers. The writings are part of 70 manuscripts that Jordanian archaeologists discovered five years ago in a cave in the north. Later…
Sigalit Landau to Show Her Work at the Israeli Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale
PARIS.- Sigalit Landau’s committed and poetic approach turns personal questions, be they philosophical or political, into universal quests. To achieve this, she often combines performance, installations, objects and films. Her work crystallizes a col…
Israeli Scientists Drilling in Dead Sea to Unearth Treasures may Answer Scientific Questions
JERUSALEM (AP).- Scientists in Israel are drilling into the murky depths of the Dead Sea in hopes of unearthing scientific treasures hidden in 500,000 years worth of mud and sediment. The unique setting of the Dead Sea — the lowest place on earth…
Israeli Scientists Drilling in Dead Sea to Unearth Treasures may Answer Scientific Questions
JERUSALEM (AP).- Scientists in Israel are drilling into the murky depths of the Dead Sea in hopes of unearthing scientific treasures hidden in 500,000 years worth of mud and sediment. The unique setting of the Dead Sea — the lowest place on earth…
Dead Sea Drilling to Unearth Scientific Treasures
JERUSALEM (AP).- Scientists in Israel are drilling into the murky depths of the Dead Sea in hopes of unearthing scientific treasures hidden in 500,000 years worth of mud and sediment. The unique setting of the Dead Sea — the lowest place on earth…
Ancient Tree to Help Turn Jericho into Tourism Hub
JERICHO (AP).- With a giant trunk and boughs towering 60 feet high, a gnarled sycamore near Jericho’s main square has long been touted as the very tree that the hated tax collector climbed to get a glimpse of Jesus. Now it’s taking center stage in a pl…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…