News, Archaeology, and History

2000 Year old Nazareth house found

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:12:34 PST

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8425094.stm

New Prophet Joseph Smith Photograph Found...

feeds@kickapps.com (HopeOfZion) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:43:56 PST

I received this in an email. Judge for yourself.

New Prophet Joseph Smith Photograph Found...

The Reorganized LDS Church or Community of Christ Church only recently uncovered it in their archives and asked our church to help authenticate it.
The Church has stated that it is "almost certainly authentic." All existing "photos" of the Prophet Joseph Smith are artist conceptions, most
of which were taken from models made from the death mask after the Prophet Joseph had died.

This photo is reportedly taken of him at the time of his incarceration in the Liberty Jail. The article in the Meridian says the Church has actually had the photo for a couple of years working on its authentication.

The LDS Church is not authenticating this picture,...

16 ships create enough pollution to equal all the cars in the world

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:58:28 PST

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1229857/How-16-ships-create-pollution-cars-world.html#ixzz0XYckFgUM

Searchable map of Israeli Archaeology sites

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:11:48 PST

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/wbarc/

If they would just read the BOM and believe....

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:26:06 PST

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/15/john15.ART_ART_11-15-09_B4_V9FM6MM.html?sid=101

Temple archeology

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:45 PST

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3802112,00.html

Southwest Kivas used as observatories

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:22:22 PST

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2009/11/01/Sci_Kivas.ART_ART_11-01-09_G3_F9FGKTT.html?sid=101

Possible Hebrew name in Egyptian tomb

feeds@kickapps.com (servant) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:08:43 PST

http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=18628

Passenger on plane quotes Bible, No one was hurt...

feeds@kickapps.com (HopeOfZion) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:37:10 PST

Saw this in the news, and the opening line made me laugh.

A Delta airliner en route from Seattle to Atlanta made an unscheduled stop in Nashville after a passenger reportedly began quoting Bible passages. No one was hurt.

See the rest of the story here.

Death by Sweat Lodge

feeds@kickapps.com (HopeOfZion) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:14:45 PST

Read the story here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,563885,00.html?test=latestnews

I will probably come across as being insensitive to share what I am about to share, in light of this tragedy.
But - I think it is sad that more and more people feel such practices are necessary to get in touch with God.
Worse is the fact that these people paid $10,000 or more to be a part of this ceremony.

Putting the mind and body through extreme duress to get in touch with the spirit world is part of the Lamanite tradition - so is the use of drugs, such as peyote.
I don't think we should seek enlightenment through these practices.

My reasons are two-fold.
For one, they are not Scriptural.

Secondly, I would remind everyone of how God viewed the Native American culture at the time when the white men came.
...

Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Doomsday Theories

feeds@kickapps.com (HopeOfZion) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:20:31 PST

MEXICO CITY - Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.

Or is it?

Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. "I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff."

It can only get worse for him. Next month Hollywood's "2012" opens in cinemas, featuring earthquakes, meteor showers and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House.

At Cornell University, Ann Martin, who runs the "Curious? Ask an Astronomer" Web site, says people are scared.

"It's too bad that we're getting e-mails from fourth-graders who are saying that they're too young to die," Martin said. "We had a mother of two young children...