Monthly Archives: April 2023

The Franks

We previously learned that Indo-European people, known as Celts, occupied widespread areas of Central Europe, eventually expanding into areas of present-day Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, France, Northern Italy, Switzerland, lower Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.  These people occupied most of … Continue reading

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The Celts

When most Americans think of Celts, they think of basketball players in Boston. Everyone else in the world knows that the Celts were an early tribal people who dominated the British Isles before the arrival of the Romans. Several hundred … Continue reading

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Biblical Math and Other Impossibilities

What makes studying antiquity difficult is that two thousand years ago, people used different calendars.  Not only that, but Jewish calendars were different from those of the Romans.  There are four types of calendars: solar, lunisolar, lunar, and seasonal.  We … Continue reading

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DOWRIES & KNOTS

Five hundred years ago, most people died within twenty-five miles of their birthplace.  In those days, men and women awakened with the dawn and retired with the dusk.  At night they slept and made babies.  In the daytime, they pursued … Continue reading

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