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    Radiocarbon dating was invented similarly with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Furthermore, due to the long duration of time elapse, it was hard to date the time when the scrolls were produced. Although the hot and dry climate of the Dead Sea prevented it from rotting severely, it was still difficult to exclude the containments included in the fragments and scrolls. As a result, the process of processing the samples was intricate. At the first part of the process, the scientists tried to…

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    Leprosy: Hansen's Disease

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    Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease. It is a curable infectious disease that causes skin lesions and nerve damage. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It affects the dermis, nerves, mucous membrane in the airway, and the eyes (WHO). Anyone at any age is able to have this disease. There are at least three million people who are living with some kind of disability from leprosy. Leprosy used to be most common in Europe until it slowly went away. In the past when leprosy was more common…

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    In the some way, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus worshipped or honor many gods or goddesses. For example, the Harappan society recognized a mother goddesses and honor a fertily god and held a tree and animals scared because of their associations with vital forces. In same way, Re and Amon were the gods of the Egyptians. “Amon was associated with the sun, creation, fertility and reproductive forces, and Re was the son worshipped at the Heliopolis. Osiris god of the underworld was honor through a…

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    King Tutankhamun

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    shutterstock.com/image-photo/stone-pharaoh-tutankhamen-mask-on-dark-348421580?src=xjcWgdH5Lvsy26ZLkjLsOQ-1-4 https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/stone-pharaoh-tutankhamen-mask-on-papyrus-393245275?src=xjcWgdH5Lvsy26ZLkjLsOQ-1-17 https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/stone-pharaoh-tutankhamen-mask-on-papyrus-395593498?src=xjcWgdH5Lvsy26ZLkjLsOQ-1-41…

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    Scribes In Ancient Egypt

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    Not only did they developed a system of writing but they discovered that the grass that surrounded them could be processed into an inexpensive and durable form of paper known as the papyrus that lasted for years. The discovery of the papyrus paper made the Egyptians place a particular emphasis on scribes because they were able to record the importance and significance of scribes. The statements of scribes became important to Egyptians because they believed that…

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    scripts were used to preserve the ideas, beliefs and history of Ancient Egyptians. The most famous of all the written scripts were hieroglyphics, although there were at least three other scripts used for different purposes. These scripts were kept on papyrus rolls and tomb and temple walls. It is said that a god, Thoth (the god of writing and knowledge) brought the gift of God’s words, (Medu Netjer) to the land of Egypt. Thoth is described as a god “who knows the mysteries, and sets the gods'…

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    Abortion Vs. Pro-Life

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    Numerous studies have been conducted on the huge toll that an unwanted pregnancy can have on both a mother and child. If a loved one were pregnant and could not keep and care for the child, what would you tell them to do? It really only comes down to two choices. For one, they could go through the physical and emotional labor of carrying the child for 9 months, only to give birth and throw them into years of foster homes and low chances of adoption. The other option is to abort the fetus early…

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    were provided with a guide that, according to McIntosh, provided the deceased invaluable guidance on how best to behave at the ceremony (2014:26). There is a lot of speculation on what the papyrus scroll entails, F.S. Kleiner tells us that the scroll is filled with spells and prayers (Kleiner 2008:54-82).The papyrus scroll consists out of illustrations of the ceremonial event called “Weighing of the heart” where the Pharaoh's soul will undergo the final test to pass to the afterlife (Norman…

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    Josiah Avery walked through his home office door and sighed. It had been an extremely long day. He eased his tall, athletic frame into leather, winged backed chair and let the cares and concerns of the day tumble freely to the floor. As he opened his worn attaché case and placed his hand inside, Josiah smiled. He could fill the smooth, beveled edge of a new Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet pc. What a beautiful piece of hardware! Windows 10, 8 GB (gigabytes) RAM for incredible fast…

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    The Bible is like a small library that contains many books written by many important authors. The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word biblia, meaning "books" (“Passing Stories”). In the article “Passing Stories”on American Bible Society.org “it took more than 1,100 years for the book to be written down, and it was many more years before the list of books now known as the Bible came together in one large book.” The bible was made in many different times one person did not just sit down and…

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