History

> Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the Philistine's name, a find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible's tale of David's battle with the giant. > While the discovery

> Israeli archaeologists said Saturday they have discovered what may be the oldest Christian church in the Holy Land on the grounds of a prison near the biblical site of Armageddon. > The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the ruins are believed to date back to the third or fourth centuries

Good essay about Hilaire Belloc's merits as a historian from September's Seattle Catholic. Link [http://www.seattlecatholic.com/a050907.html]. Thanks, Joe Tremblay at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2005/10/belloc-as-historian.html].

Neat excerpt from a NYT review of The Life of David by Robert Pinsky [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/books/review/23deresiewicz.html]. > [David's] story is also far fuller than that of any other biblical character. Moses' occupies more space, but that austere figure

In a country that still reveres him, what ought we expect? > In their new book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang and Jon Halliday make an impassioned case for Mao as the most monstrous tyrant ever. They argue that he was responsible for "well over 70 million deaths

Paging Through Medieval Lives: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections. Link [http://www2.art.utah.edu/Paging_Through/index.html]. Suggestion: Try pages 39-45 of Thomas Woods' How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Previous post about this book [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1799/].