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These Beautiful Medieval Wafer Presses Are Where Waffles Come From
Leggo my flat, fancy Eggo
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Trace Martin Luther’s Footsteps Through Germany
It’s 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation—here’s what you can still see today
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Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau Created New Orleans’ Midsummer Festival
Mardi Gras may be the city’s biggest party, but St. John’s Eve is its most important religious festival
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Why Sand Covers the Floor of One of the Western Hemisphere’s Oldest Synagogues
Fleeing anti-Semitism in Europe, Jews found unexpected shelter on the island of Curaçao
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350 Years Ago, A Doctor Performed the First Human Blood Transfusion. A Sheep Was Involved
Early scientists thought that the perceived qualities of an animal—a lamb’s purity, for instance—could be transmitted to humans in blood form
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Sliver of Saint’s Brain Stolen From Italian Basilica
Police are looking for the person or persons who swiped the sacred relic from the Don Bosco Basilica
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Explore Armenia’s Medieval Monasteries in Interactive 360-Degree Panoramas
Navigate through secluded buildings that once housed some of the brightest scholars of the Middle Ages
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A mistranslation led to the unusual name of this mathematical concept
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Songwriter Irving Berlin’s Interfaith Marriage Caused 1920s Gossip
The songwriter made headlines when he and writer Ellin Mackay got married against her millionaire father’s wishes
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Minnesota Town Gets Veterans Memorial Covered With Satanic Imagery
It’s America’s first satanic monument on public grounds
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Some Very Compelling Evidence the Tower of Babel Was Real
Biblical scholars have debated whether the Tower of Babel existed. A remarkable stone tablet never before shown on film appears to settle that question
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The Sticky Clue That Links the Tower of Babel to the Bible
Evidence is piling up that the Tower of Babel really existed. It’s a conclusion that’s partially borne out by an astounding discovery
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Why Jesus’s Miracles Seemed Apocalyptic to the Gospel Writers
Jesus gained renown as a preacher of a particularly apocalyptic form of Judaism. This was further strengthened by his ability to perform miracles
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Did Judas Actually Betray Jesus to Force a Rebellion?
There are numerous theories, from money to the intriguing idea that Judas may have actually been an overzealous believer anxious to provoke a confrontation
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Exploring the Ancient Region Where Jesus Rose to Prominence
The Sea of Galilee contains the lowest freshwater lake in the world, and it’s the area where a young Jesus of Nazareth first gained popularity
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How to Understand the Three Wise Men, Frankincense & Myrrh
The story of the nativity is actually a blend of both the gospels of Luke and Matthew. They reveal the significance of the gifts carried by the three kings
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Builders Find Remains of Five Archbishops of Canterbury
Turns out the vault in which they were buried wasn’t destroyed by flood after all
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This Free Laundromat Has a Famous Sponsor: the Pope
Rome’s homeless people will be able to do their laundry on the Vatican’s dime
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Researchers Decipher Recipe Believed to Treat Medieval Mystic
The find came to light thanks to a multi-spectral analysis on the manuscript of Margery Kempe’s autobiography
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