December 2009
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Shroud of Turin Not Jesus', Tomb Discovery... →
Archaeologists have found the only known burial shroud from a Jesus-era tomb in Jerusalem. Not only is it nothing like the Shroud of Turin, but it also held the world’s earliest known leper. Mati Milstein in Jerusalem for National Geographic News
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2009 - Rubaiyat Pot,... →
Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam این کوزه چو من عاشق زاری بوده است This clay pot like a lover once in heat در بند سر زلف نگاری بودهست A lock of hair his senses did defeat این دسته که بر گردن او میبینی The handle that has made the bottleneck its own seat دستیست که برگردن یاری بودهست Was once the embrace of a lover that entreat
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Rebel coins found in cave hideout →
Led by veteran cave expert Amos Frumkin, a group of archaeologists had just rappelled 60 feet down into a dark cavern. What they saw once their eyes adjusted to the dim light amazed them.
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