Article originally posted in: http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2012/article/book-of-nehemiah-found-among-the-dead-sea-scrolls Finding evidence of the Biblical book among the scroll fragments has eluded scroll scholars, until now. The celebrated Dead Sea Scrolls, first discovered in 1948 in the caves adjacent to the ancient site of Khirbet Qumran near the Dead Sea, are known to represent the earliest known texts of …
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Ancient Builders Created Monumental Structures that Altered Sound and Mind
Originally posted by Popular-Archaeology.com on March 5, 2012 Some ancient monumental structures were built to manipulate sound for sensory and mind effects, suggests recent research. The results of recent research suggests that ancient, or prehistoric, builders of the monumental structures found in such diverse places as Ireland, Malta, southern Turkey and Peru all have a …