Ancient code at stately home 'a message from religious sect'
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A mysterious carved code at a manor house, which has defied understanding for hundreds of years, is thought to be a cryptic message from an 18th century Christian sect, experts said.
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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that might finally illuminate the lives and religious ...Comment
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Carvings about 70,000 years old on a snake-like rock in a cave in Botswana indicate that Stone Age people developed religious rituals far earlier than previously believed, a researcher said on Thursday.
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The village was home to the ancient British monument's builders and the site of mass rituals that may link Stonehenge with another "henge," archaeologists announced.
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Those caring for him at a Hindu monastery in Wales say he symbolizes the sanctity of all life and is an inspiration to temple-goers. Officials say he could have a contagious disease and should be put down.
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Advice on the amount of force householders can use against burglars is being published in efforts to stop confusion.
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Government ministries have been advised on how to communicate with Muslim communities without unknowingly threatening or alienating them with a new phrasebook, The Guardian reported on Monday.
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Signet rings, traditionally worn as a paterfamilias hand-me-down, are enjoying a revival.
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MEMBERS of a church are to debate the ethics of running raffles and tombolas at church fetes.   Some members of the United Reformed Church in Kelvedon, Essex, think that encouraging gambling sends out the wrong message.  (c) 2007 Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK).
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DEIR QANOUN, Lebanon -- The messages scrawled in red on the concrete, stone and cinder-block walls near Ali Saqlawi's house are worded differently but mean the same: "CB," "cb strike," "cluster strike." Arrows point with deceptive precision in every direction. Saqlawi, a mechanic, needs no warning....
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It was called Holy City, but it was not exactly a model of Christian piety. It was, rather, a commune and tourist trap created in the 1920s by a white-supremacist huckster.
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A version of the first Welsh language bible has appeared online 400 years after the death of the bishop who first translated it.
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Recently I received an email from the London School of Islamics authored by Iftikhar Ahmad.
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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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One of the most unusual musical moments in Handelâs magnificent oratorio âBelshazzarâ comes when the blasphemous King Belshazzar of Babylon is warned of his impending doom by a disembodied handâs writing on the wall in a mysterious script.
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A secret staircase is found in a house that inspired novel Jane Eyre - just as author Charlotte Bronte described it.
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LONDON, Aug 21 (IPS) - A new missive on women from the Vatican followed   by a strong response to it has brought new spark to an old  debate.