Lot, a biblical figure, was the son of Haran, who was the son of Terah, and Terah was also a father of Abram, later known as Abraham. Terah, his son Abraham, his nephew Lot and his family quit the Sumerian city of Ur and moved first to the city of Harran and then to Egypt. … Read more
Coral Castle (formerly: Rock Gate Park) is a strange and mysterious structure with a total weight of 1,100 tons, built of coral by one man, without use of specialized tools or cranes. The builder of this structure is a Latvian emigrant, Ed Leedskalnin, who emigrated to the United States of America in 1912. Ed dedicated … Read more
Jonah (Hebrew: יוֹנָה Yona, literally “dove”; St. Greek: Ἰωνᾶς) is an Israeli prophet who lived in the 8th century B.C., coming from Gath-Hepher (Gat-Hefer), a city located in the territory of Zebulun in the Lower Galilee, between Nazareth and Capernaum. According to the Bible, Jonah was sent by Yahweh to the capital of Assyria, Nineveh, … Read more
This may be a controversial question, but was Pharaoh Cheops really the founder and creator of the biggest pyramid in Giza? Cheops, so called in Greek (Khufu in Egyptian), is the “official” builder of one of the three “famous” pyramids at Giza. 1. According to official archeology, the Pyramid of Cheops was built around 2560 … Read more
Adam’s Bridge, also known as Rama’s Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India … Read more
