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Archaeologists Find Burial Sites With 100,000-Year-Old Bones At Israel's Tinshemet Cave
Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits.
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Ancient Scrolls Found in Qumran Caves Unlock Secrets of Jewish History and Biblical Texts
Discovered near the Dead Sea, the Qumran scrolls contain ancient biblical texts and writings from a Jewish sect, likely the Essenes. Archaeological and AI research shows the scrolls' origins stretch back over 2,000 years, offering rare insight into Second Temple Judaism. Their preservation in the caves continues to fuel historical and religious sch...
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Like Humans, These Animals Give Each Other Names
Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study.
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World's Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Sells For $38 Million In New York
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
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World's Oldest Hebrew Bible Set To Be Auctioned For $50 Million
The Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books divided into three parts and is the foundation of Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.
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New Optic Technology Could Herald Terahertz Microchips
By using a Metal-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon (MONOS) structure, the team has come up with a new integrated circuit that uses flash memory technology.
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Hamas Sets 'Honey Traps' To Hack Israeli Soldiers' Phones: Army
Using photos of young women and Hebrew slang, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas chatted up dozens of Israeli soldiers online, gaining control of their phone cameras and microphones, the military said on Wednesday.
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Graft Probe Tests Benjamin Netanyahu's Years-Long Hold On Power
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a graft probe some believe could force him from office, but the four-term premier has overcome legal troubles in the past and remains a towering figure in Israeli politics.
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Israel Unveils 'Oldest' Hebrew Mention Of Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible, prompting officials to stress the Jewish connection to the city.
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
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Pranab Mukherjee Conferred Honourary Doctorate by Hebrew University
President Pranab Mukherjee was today conferred an honourary doctorate by the prestigious Hebrew University, the third on his six-day trip to West Asia, reflecting the warm relations India enjoys with Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
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Hindi, Hebrew Main Languages of Silicon Valley: Israeli Prime Minister
"Hindi and Hebrew are the main languages of the Silcon valley, (although) you sometimes also hear English", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked today.
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Biblical Text Deciphered From 1,500 Year Old Scroll
Scientists have for the first time been able to read Biblical verses from a badly burned scroll that is at least 1,500 years old.
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Robot Writes Torah at Berlin's Jewish Museum
The robot's quill runs across the paper scroll, from right to left, scribbling down ancient Hebrew letters with black ink. It is penning down the Torah, the Jews' holy scripture, and it is doing it much faster than a rabbi could because it doesn't need to take breaks.
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Original Einstein manuscripts to be posted online
All 80,000 items in Albert Einstein's archives, including personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers and a poignant postcard to his ailing mother, are going online. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which owns the Einstein collection, is slowly uploading high resolution photographs of scientific papers, letters on social issues including nu...
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Archaeologists Find Burial Sites With 100,000-Year-Old Bones At Israel's Tinshemet Cave
Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits.
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Ancient Scrolls Found in Qumran Caves Unlock Secrets of Jewish History and Biblical Texts
Discovered near the Dead Sea, the Qumran scrolls contain ancient biblical texts and writings from a Jewish sect, likely the Essenes. Archaeological and AI research shows the scrolls' origins stretch back over 2,000 years, offering rare insight into Second Temple Judaism. Their preservation in the caves continues to fuel historical and religious sch...
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Like Humans, These Animals Give Each Other Names
Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined this exclusive club, according to a new study.
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World's Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Sells For $38 Million In New York
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
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World's Oldest Hebrew Bible Set To Be Auctioned For $50 Million
The Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books divided into three parts and is the foundation of Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.
-
New Optic Technology Could Herald Terahertz Microchips
By using a Metal-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon (MONOS) structure, the team has come up with a new integrated circuit that uses flash memory technology.
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Hamas Sets 'Honey Traps' To Hack Israeli Soldiers' Phones: Army
Using photos of young women and Hebrew slang, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas chatted up dozens of Israeli soldiers online, gaining control of their phone cameras and microphones, the military said on Wednesday.
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Graft Probe Tests Benjamin Netanyahu's Years-Long Hold On Power
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a graft probe some believe could force him from office, but the four-term premier has overcome legal troubles in the past and remains a towering figure in Israeli politics.
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Israel Unveils 'Oldest' Hebrew Mention Of Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible, prompting officials to stress the Jewish connection to the city.
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
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Pranab Mukherjee Conferred Honourary Doctorate by Hebrew University
President Pranab Mukherjee was today conferred an honourary doctorate by the prestigious Hebrew University, the third on his six-day trip to West Asia, reflecting the warm relations India enjoys with Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
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Hindi, Hebrew Main Languages of Silicon Valley: Israeli Prime Minister
"Hindi and Hebrew are the main languages of the Silcon valley, (although) you sometimes also hear English", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked today.
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Biblical Text Deciphered From 1,500 Year Old Scroll
Scientists have for the first time been able to read Biblical verses from a badly burned scroll that is at least 1,500 years old.
-
Robot Writes Torah at Berlin's Jewish Museum
The robot's quill runs across the paper scroll, from right to left, scribbling down ancient Hebrew letters with black ink. It is penning down the Torah, the Jews' holy scripture, and it is doing it much faster than a rabbi could because it doesn't need to take breaks.
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Original Einstein manuscripts to be posted online
All 80,000 items in Albert Einstein's archives, including personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers and a poignant postcard to his ailing mother, are going online. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which owns the Einstein collection, is slowly uploading high resolution photographs of scientific papers, letters on social issues including nu...
