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Mount Moriah

Today the top of Mount Moriah lies somewhere beneath the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Throughout the Bible, this special place played a significant role in many people’s lives: AbrahamIn Genesis 22:1-14, God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only beloved son and the heir God promised, in the regionFortsätt läsa ”Mount Moriah”

Eilat Mazar found the City of David

’But it was her excavation on the elevation abutting the City of David, down the hill and south of Har Habayis, that shook the archaeological world. For lying undisturbed for nearly 3000 years was a massive building that Mazar was convinced is King David’s palace’. https://mishpacha.com/the-woman-who-unearthed-jerusalem/

Learn About Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP) | American Lung Association

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a form of interstitial lung disease where the small airways (bronchioles) and alveoli (tiny air sacs) become inflamed, leading to difficulty breathing and flu-like illness. — Read at http://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/cryptogenic-organizing-pneumonia/learn-about-cryptogenic-organizing-pneumonia What Causes COP? The condition is called “cryptogenic” because in most cases, the cause is unknown. Doctors believe that there areFortsätt läsa ”Learn About Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP) | American Lung Association”

The I.G. Farben trial in 1947

The I.G. Farben Trial, the sixth subsequent Nuremberg proceeding, was tried by the Military Tribunal VI, which had been created by the U.S. Military Government for Germany on August 8, 1947. An indictment was filed on May 3 naming twenty-four defendants, all in the IG Farben industrial concern, and listing five counts: the planning, preparation,Fortsätt läsa ”The I.G. Farben trial in 1947”

Tantalum – resource of conflict

Tantalum is considered a conflict resource. Coltan, the industrial name for a columbite-tantalite mineral from which niobium and tantalum are extracted, can also be found in Central Afrika, which is why tantalum is being linked to warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). According to an October 23, 2003 United Nations report,Fortsätt läsa ”Tantalum – resource of conflict”

Elam Ilam Khuzestan Iran Iraq civilization

Elam was a region in the Near Eastcorresponding to the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in southern Iran (though it also included part of modern-day southern Iraq) whose civilization spanned thousands of years from c. 3200 – c. 539 BCE.