The nun who lived in chains: First-ever evidence of extreme asceticism found near Jerusalem
Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...
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5000-Yr-Old Strategically Planned Residential Area Unearthed in Israel Is Region's 'Largest and Oldest' Bronze Age City
Yr-Old Strategically Planned Residential Area Unearthed in Israel Is Region's 'Largest and Oldest' Bronze Age City Over ...
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9,000-Year-Old City Unearthed Near Jerusalem Is A ‘Game Changer’ For Archaeologists
The wealth of material recovered from the site is so stunning that archaeologists believe this discovery will allow research ...
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Trump to return ancient oil lamps to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump says he will return a set of ancient oil lamps to the Israel Antiquities Authority. “These historic items were presented by a representative of the Israeli ...
Excavation near Jerusalem finds 9,000-year-old six-fingered Neolithic shaman woman
The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
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1,500 year old 'Nun of the Rings' found in Israel
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of a nun who practised an extreme form of asceticism. Dubbed “The Nun of ...
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1,500-year-old skeleton found in chains in Jerusalem was a female 'extreme ascetic'
Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered the fifth-century burial of a person wrapped in heavy metal chains.
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World’s First Archaeological Evidence of Nuns’ Asceticism Discovered in Jerusalem
The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...
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Chained in faith: 5th-century female skeleton may be world’s 1st self-mortifying Christian nun
This is how the enigmatic skeleton was found, still wrapped in its eternal tools of torture, by a team of archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority as they were excavating the Khirbat el ...
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Mysterious 2,500-year-old burials hint at human trafficking in ancient Israel
a new excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has revealed. The site, a mass burial structure, was discovered in 2021 by Dr. Martin David Pasternak, but it was disclosed to the public ...