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Explosive secret may be contained in Arafat’s tomb
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — The Palestinians’ most explosive secret may be lurking under the stone slab covering Yasser Arafat’s tomb where experts hope to explain his mysterious death eight years ago. When the iconic Palestinian leader died at the age of 75 in a French military hospital near Paris on…
Nails from Jesus’s cross found, filmmaker claims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem? And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory? That is the premise of the new documentary film “The Nails…
Ancient doorway to afterlife discovered in Egypt
CAIRO — A large red granite false door from the tomb of an ancient queen’s powerful vizier has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt’s culture minister said on Monday. The carved stone door — which ancient Egyptians believed was the threshold to the afterlife — was unearthed near the Karnak Temple…
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