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So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the ...

It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. It would have been a much smaller version of the ...

What do a biblical psalm, a Coolio classic, and one of the world's oldest cities have in common? Explore the ancient history ...

As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now ... winds from the blast hit the biblical city of Jericho. Jericho’s walls came tumbling down and the city burned to the ground.