AP: Israel Cave Linked to John the Baptist
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Archaeologists think they've found a cave where John the Baptist baptized many of his followers &#151; basing their theory on thousands of shards from ritual jugs, a stone used for foot cleansing and wall carvings telling the story of the biblical preacher.
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Relatives seeking information on two Israeli soldiers who were seized by Hezbollah militants in northern Israel at the start of last year's Lebanon war met Wednesday with Pope Benedict XVI.
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By S.J  I REFER to the report "The life drains out of Pedu Lake" (NST, Jan 31).   The failure of the resorts at Pedu Lake has little or nothing to do with the discovery of old graves, lack of promotion or remoteness as claimed.
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Hollywood director James Cameron  displayed on Monday artifacts that he said might have come from  the tomb of Jesus, which once contained his remains, those of  Mary Magdalene, and possibly their son, Judah.
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A claim that the tomb of Jesus Christ has been found has naturally upset many Christians, but others say their faith remains unshaken.
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JERUSALEM - Pop diva Madonna made a midnight pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early Sunday, holding a mystical candlelit ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage. The singer is in Israel on a five-day spiritual quest along with 2,000 other students of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism...
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Work begins on an ancient mound near Jerusalem's holiest site, a move expected to raise tensions.
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Forty-one years ago, rescuers couldn&#039;t get the body of James Mitchell out of the cave where he died. Workers dynamited the cave, sealed it with rocks, placed a memorial headstone above it and left him dangling in his harness, 60 feet above the cave floor.
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Archaeologists have found an ancient quarry where King Herod's workers may have chiselled the giant stones used to rebuild the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago.
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Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.
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Our rabbi reflects on the claim that Christâs tomb has been found.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Despairing of life under Israeli occupation, many Palestinian Christians are moving abroad, threatening their ancient links to Bethlehem and the land where Jesus was born.
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Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound &#151; offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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It is unlikely that many Christians will lose sleep because of âThe Lost Tomb of Jesusâ on the Discovery Channel.
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Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, has been turned into a large prison by the separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank, the top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land said yesterday.
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By Rodney Manley, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Mar. 3--For a year they've worshipped under the same roof, but never together. That will change on Sunday.   West Highland Baptist Church, The Link and Congregation Beth Yeshua might seem to be worlds apart.