Marked by a sta­ble cli­mate, the Holocene has been good to humans. The entire his­tory of our civ­i­liza­tion (agri­cul­ture, city build­ing, writ­ing etc.) is bound within the Holocene and its bounty of pro­duc­tive land and oceans.

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Hid­den for cen­turies, the ancient Maya city of Holtun, or Head of Stone, is finally com­ing into focus.

All who try to find in the New Tes­ta­ment the story of what hap­pened in Jesus’ life between the ages of 12 and 30 are inevitably sorely dis­ap­pointed.  Those years are not cov­ered.  Two promi­nent Catholic schol­ars at George­town Uni­ver­sity con­firm this in JESUS IN INDIA. Catholics call that period of Jesus’ life “The Miss­ing Years” or “The Hid­den Years.” New […]

Syra­cuse, NY — The Bible con­tains few verses about the time Jesus and his fam­ily spent in Egypt—fleeing King Herod’s mur­der­ous vow to kill all baby boys, to the family’s weary jour­ney through the Sinai Desert and even­tual return to Pales­tine (Mat. 2:14). But what really hap­pened dur­ing Jesus’ five years in Egypt? Can evi­dence sep­a­rate fact from speculation?What sto­ries of […]