Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-747383

Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle

Jerusalem Post The city includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with “imposing buildings” and other structures arranged in almost-concentric circles. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747315

Scientists discover oldest Neanderthal engravings ever found

Jerusalem Post The finding in France involves a series of non-figurative markings on the wall, which the team interpreted as finger-flutings, marks made by human hands. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747298

Vatican says has new leads on missing schoolgirl, 40 years after she vanished

Jerusalem Post Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on June 22, 1983 following a music lesson in Rome. She was 15 at the time and lived inside the Vatican City. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-747296

Step this way: When did humans learn how to walk upright? – study

Jerusalem Post Through digitally recreating the muscles of an early human ancestor, research has shed new light on how humans evolved to walk upright. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747250

The art of rebellion

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-747215

Try it! It works: The indomitable power of Torah study

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-747207

Ancient Roman mausoleum discovered in the United Kingdom

Jerusalem Post Surrounding the mausoleum, archaeologists discovered 80 Roman burials, copper bracelets from the period, glass beads, a bone comb, more coins, and some pottery. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747165

Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands

Jerusalem Post The sanctuary – as big as at least three soccer fields and built with soil and wood – was built to align with the sun on the solstices. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747101

Achilles neck: Prehistoric reptile’s long neck was a weak spot – study

Jerusalem Post The marine reptile Tanystropheus, which lived in the Triassic era, had a very long neck. But predators were able to take advantage of it to decapitate them. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747060