Tag: Two Millennia

Exhibition at the British Library Finds Science-Fiction Themes in Unexpected Places

LONDON (AP).- The genre that brought us “The Matrix” has roots reaching back nearly two millennia. The literary tradition often associated with “Star Trek”-loving fanboys has a militant feminist streak. Oh, and science fiction also invented cyberspac…

Exhibition at the British Library Finds Science-Fiction Themes in Unexpected Places

LONDON (AP).- The genre that brought us “The Matrix” has roots reaching back nearly two millennia. The literary tradition often associated with “Star Trek”-loving fanboys has a militant feminist streak. Oh, and science fiction also invented cyberspac…

Ehud Netzer, Israeli Archaeologist Known for Excavating King Herod’s Winter Palace, Dies

JERUSALEM (AP).- Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod’s winter palace and discovering the monarch’s tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He was 76. Netzer led numerous high-profile digs over d…

Ehud Netzer, Israeli Archaeologist Known for Excavating King Herod’s Winter Palace, Dies

JERUSALEM (AP).- Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod’s winter palace and discovering the monarch’s tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He was 76. Netzer led numerous high-profile digs over d…

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