From Zionism to Anti-Zionism: A Personal Journey
By Ronald Bleier.
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Twenty years ago I wrote an article for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs entitled, “ Alone Among My Peers at My Yeshiva University High School Reunion,” outlining my political evolution from Zionism [...]
Amazonian Tribal Warfare Sheds Light On Modern Violence, Says MU Anthropologist
By Alton Parrish.
In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by University of Missouri anthropologist Robert Walker. Understanding [...]
Second Mona Lisa Revealed, Called Isleworth Mona Lisa, Painted First
A consortium unveiled last week what it claims to be Leonardo’s original painting of the Mona Lisa, sparking controversy in the art world
Mona Lisa (left) and the ‘Isleworth Mona Lisa’ (right)
The Mona Lisa Foundation will present [...]
Holy Snake Lord: Tomb Of Maya Queen K’abel Discovered In Guatemala
By Alton Parrish
WUSTL archaeologist part of a team to discover tomb containing rare combination of Maya archaeological, historical records
The carved alabaster vessel (shown from two sides) found in the burial chamber caused the archaeologists [...]
Prehistoric Builders Reveal Trade Secrets
A fossil which has lain in a museum drawer for over a century has been recognized by a University of Leicester geologist as a unique clue to the long-lost skills of some of the most sophisticated animal architects that have ever lived on [...]
Time Bomb: Millions Of Pounds Of Unexploded Bombs In Gulf Of Mexico Pose Threat To Shipping
By Alton Parrish.
Millions of pounds of unexploded bombs and other military ordnance that were dumped decades ago in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as off the coasts of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, could now pose serious threats [...]
Extraterrestrial “Iron Man”: Buddhist Statue, Discovered By Nazi Expedition, Is Made Of Meteorite, New Study Reveals
By Alton Parrish.
Priceless thousand year old statue is first carving of a human in a meteorite.
It sounds like an artifact from an Indiana Jones film; a 1,000 year-old ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered by a Nazi expedition [...]
Pussy Riot as Modern Day Skomorokhi
By Sean Guillory.
The trial and conviction of Pussy Riot has sparked a number of historical analogies. Never wanting for hyperbole, the Washington Post, among others in the West and Russia, argued that the trial echoed “Stalinism” [...]
Racists in the Book Pile
By Mike Sutton.
History Text on Founding Father’s Fatherhood Found Wanting
Controversy remains and may always remain with regard to the question: Did Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and founding [...]
Saturn’s Strange Moon: River Networks On Titan Point To A Puzzling Geologic History
By Alton Parrish.
Findings suggest the surface of Saturn’s largest moon may have undergone a recent transformation.
For many years, Titan’s thick, methane- and nitrogen-rich atmosphere kept astronomers from seeing what lies beneath. [...]
The Lost Pyramid of El Zotz Uncovered, Yields Insight Into Mayan Religion
By Alton Parrish.
Diablo Pyramid Found: El Zotz Masks Yield Insights Into Maya Beliefs
A team of archaeologists led by Stephen Houston has made a new discovery at the Maya archaeological site in El Zotz, Guatemala, uncovering a pyramid believed [...]