Tag: Bible
Egypt, Land of Bondage: a travel journal from 1852
Journey from Italy to Egypt at a time when British warships threatened the city of Naples
The Bible: history or fantasy
Reading names like Nebuchadnezzar, Sennacherib, Tirhaka, etc. can feel like reading fantasy rather than history, but a quick tour of the world’s top museums is enough to realize that these names belong to real people. Nebuchadnezzar, for example, was named in honor of the Babylonian god Nabu (Nabu – Kudurri – Ussur). Historians refer to…