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- the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran ... scrolls are written in Aramaic and a few in Koine Greek. ...33 KB (5,119 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- The regional toponym Mesopotamia (/ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə/, Ancient ... birit narim. It is used throughout the Greek Septuagint ( ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- After his death he was given the Greek surname chrysostomos, "golden ... The Changing Face of Antisemitism: From Ancient Times To The Present Day ...31 KB (4,708 words) - 04:44, 3 August 2022
- 1671, he entered Winchester School, where he studied Greek and Latin literature. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, studying the Scholastics and ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- Stigmata (from Greek: stizo, “to prick”) refers to the five wounds ... including “marks” such as tattoos. In ancient times such branding of the ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek ... a Roman prophetess, whose seat was the ancient Etruscan town of Tibur ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- symbolizes misfortune and bad luck. In ancient Rome, carnations were known ... , as it was one of the flowers used in Greek ceremonial crowns. Others ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 00:27, 29 November 2023
- is characterized by an exuberant love of language and a rich, sensuous imagination ... couplets. The poem tells the story of the Greek legend of the moon goddess ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- century) versions of the Septuagint, a Greek translation (around 300 B ... == Language and form == The language of the Masoretic notes is partly ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- in 1582, Ricci began learning the Chinese language and customs, and eventually ... with instructions to study the Mandarin language. In 1582, Ricci arrived ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- Hipparchus (Greek Ἳππαρχος) (ca. 190 B.C.E. - ca. 120 B ... There is a strong tradition that Hipparchus was born in Nicaea (Greek ...39 KB (6,174 words) - 21:25, 30 January 2024
- a unique elective (such as a rare foreign language) unavailable in the assigned ... six (26) hours of schooling. French language and literature occupy the ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- Estonian literature refers to literature written in the Estonian language ... of Estonian folklore tell of the ancient pre Northern Crusades period ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 23:59, 18 March 2022
- Ethics (from the Greek ethos – custom) in the sense of systems of ... philosophical ethics begins with the Greek Sophists of the fifth century ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 04:33, 22 March 2024
- Plutonic rocks are named after Pluto, the ancient Roman god of the ... contain fossils, the preserved remains of ancient plants and animals. Unlike ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ... became Hōr. It was later Hellenized into Greek as " ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- near the cell body. The term dendrite comes from the Greek dendron (δένδρον), meaning "tree", and the overall shape and structure of ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- taken up by Malory in his famous English-language version. Here, Arthur receives ... In her book The Ancient Secret, Lady Flavia Anderson postulates that ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- Bajjah. Sub-Saharan Africa had no written language or sacred writings, so it ... made significant contributions to Greek, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- languages, learning the Classical languages Greek and Latin, as well as Arabic ... Romanticism, which colored his account of ancient religions, in particular ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
