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Paris Excavation Yields Gallo-Roman Wall, Potentially Settling Lutetia’s Location Debate
18 days ago•Source: The Guardian
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"Uncovering St. Patrick's Day: Surprising Facts and Traditions"
St. Patrick's Day, originally a religious holiday commemorating the patron saint of Ireland, has evolved into a global celebration of Irish culture. Despite popular misconceptions, St. Patrick was not Irish, his original color was blue, and his real name was Maewyn Succat. The holiday's association with green and parades began in America, not Ireland, and it was originally a day of religious observance before becoming a day of drinking, feasting, and parades.
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Ancient Hebrew Bible sells for record-breaking $38.1M at auction.
The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, has been sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable manuscript ever to be sold at an auction. The 1,100-year-old manuscript is named after renowned Judaica collector David Solomon Sassoon and was bought by US lawyer and former ambassador Alfred Moses for the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Codex Sassoon is the earliest surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible that has all 24 books with punctuation, vowels, and accents.