Key suspect in Kosovo organ case 'arrested in Israel' - Worldnews.com
25 May 2012, 12:58 pm
The Dardani, whose exact ethno-linguistic affilitation is difficult to determine, were a prominent group in the region during the late Hellenistic and early Roman eras. Although initially stout opponents of the advancing Turks, Albanian chiefs ...

The Islamic Tide and Byzantium - New York Times
25 May 2012, 6:53 am
Below, a larger panel encloses the signs of the Zodiac represented by animals and humans as in the Hellenistic tradition. A Christian artist painting a Crucifixion icon in early Islamic Palestine three centuries later or so retained a ...

Time for America to say ta-ta to Tut - MSNBC Cosmiclog
24 May 2012, 7:26 pm
Goddio said the artifacts recovered so far suggest that Hellenistic Egypt, the culture in which Cleopatra lived during the first century B.C., was less Greek and much more Egyptian than experts previously thought. "The Egyptian sensitivity is ...

Museums: Uffizi Florence to open 10 new rooms next month - Ansa
22 May 2012, 5:16 am
There will also be a gallery with Hellenistic sculptures. The new spaces, a statement reads, will open ''in the coming months." The statues that will be exhibited include Boy with Thorn (Roman art), the Aphrodite (Hellenistic art), also known as Toilet of ...

This Day, May 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News
21 May 2012, 2:14 pm
This was the first step of a “journey” that would lead to the turning Egypt and Asia Minor (a territory that included Jerusalem and Judea) into bastions of Hellenistic culture.  This would create a collision course with Jewish values that would lead ...

Hanukkah's History: Challenging but Full of Meaning - Huffington Post
21 May 2012, 7:41 am
The former encourages us to view Hanukkah as a holiday of liberation, when the Maccabees overthrew their Hellenistic occupiers in pursuit of faith and freedom. The Jews wanted a homeland free of outside ruler and were willing to pick up arms in self-defense.

Warring angels and the Aksum Kingdom - Jamaica Observer
21 May 2012, 3:37 am
There appears to be a growing popularity in the theology of warring angels by both the proponents of the doctrine of 'End Times' and those who promote proto Hellenistic ideologies, without regard as to the real social and economic consequences ...

Tax-Haven Tales: Kooks, Crooks and Con Men in the Offshore World by Charles Adam - Examiner
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Adams’ work explores the history of tax-havens, beginning with the Hellenistic origin of duty-free ports as a weapon designed to destroy the tax based of Mediterranean naval powers.  The Romans used tax-havens as a sort of voluntary embargo, enriching ...

The New Cambridge History of the Bible - patheos.com
10 May 2012, 5:31 am
My own contribution (co-written with Chris Keith)is on “Writing and Book Production in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.” This is a fresh treatment that (if I do say so myself) to my knowledge and for its size is probably the best ...

Let’s Talk Gardening – a Little Gardening History for You - MySanAntonio
7 May 2012, 12:36 pm
I thought this was interesting and thought you might, also. History of Gardening: Hellenistic Agriculture From the Cochise County Master Gardener newsletter, High on the Desert,” written by Stephanie Blanchette, Associate Master Gardener. The Greek ...