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The Olive, Its History

The history and legends of the noble olive.

Khirret, A Vanishing Iraqi Sweet Made from Cattails

Khirret is still made in southern Iraq and other parts of the Middle East, but it's appreciated for its rarity, rather than a sweet that stands in competition with commercial candies.

Bread Baked With 5000-Year-Old Egyptian Yeast

A curious physicist revived 5000-year-old yeast and baked delicious bread from it.

Enormous Neolithic Site Near Jerusalem Reveals 9000-Year-Old Secrets

Conventional thought among archaeologists was that Neolithic people didn’t settle in the area around the Judean Hills. Yet Motza, 5 kilometers west of Jerusalem,...

Bible-Era Dye Factory Discovered in Northern Israel

Terracotta vats and vessels stained purple from the fabulous dyes of the Bible era were excavated 50 years ago at the site of Tel...

Mummy limbs smugglers hide “loot” in speakers, foiled in Egypt

What would Tutankhamun say? Remember when mummies starting floating up in sewage? This story is even better. Security officials at the Cairo International Airport...

Ancient Samaritan’s wealth uncovered in Jerusalem

We've all heard about the Good Samaritan. What about the Wealthy Samaritan? And did you know that two small groups of native Samaritans still...

 Getting Ready For End Times On A Real-Life Noah’s Ark

It takes grit to pursue a dream, and for Dutch carpenter Johan Huibers, a literal dream drove him to recreate Noah’s Ark. Convinced that...

The Egyptian Academy in Rome Emphasizes the Value of Cultural Diplomacy

When wandering in the streets and piazzas of Rome, it is always a surprise to encounter Egyptian obelisks and Pharaonic monuments, reminders of the...

Benefits that come along with using CBD oil

Here at Green Prophet we support the use of cannabis as an alternative medicine. Cannabidiol, one of the molecules of cannabis, tends to be...

UN adds more agri-history sites to list ‘worth protecting’

Though we might want to add any kind of agriculture performed more than 100 years ago to the list worth protecting, we'll take what...

Saudi Arabia wants to be the new Ibiza

You can get thrown in jail in Saudi Arabia for making out on the beach, but with its new leader's mission to modernize the...

Middle Eastern artefacts looted by 95-year-old “Indiana Joan”

The Australian government is investigating the case of a 95-year-old Perth woman accused of looting artefacts from Middle Eastern countries including Egypt.  Joan Howard...

Archeologists discover how silo thinking made people rich

The oldest evidence of food storage rituals has been found by researchers from the University of Haifa and the German Archaeological Institute  in Berlin...

Restored Galilee home adaptive reuse in mystical setting

The design team of Henkin Irit and Shavit Zohar have converted a centuries-old building in Safed into a thoroughly modern home, strategically introducing new...

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