A name on line 31 of the Mesha Stela, where until now the scholarly consensus was that it read House of David , may be that of the Moabite king Balak mentioned in Numbers 22-24. This is what the researchers Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Naaman and Thomas Römer affirm in an article published in the jou
The great Mongol rulers have left for posterity a mystery that fascinates archaeologists and historians, that of the exact location of their tombs. Perhaps the most prominent case is that of Genghis Khan, whose zeal in keeping his final resting place hidden remains a secret to this day, despite the
The Nahr al-Kalb River (called Lykos in ancient times) rises near the town of Jeita and runs just 31 kilometers until it empties into the Mediterranean about 30 kilometers north of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It is not a particularly long river, and in summer it is usually practically dry. But t
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