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On 1 July 1954, the scrolls, after delicate negotiations and accompanied by three people including Mar Samuel, arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. They were purchased by Professor Mazar and the son of Professor Sukenik, Yigael Yadin, for $250,000 (approximately $2,800,000 in 2023 dollars [ 150 ] ), and brought to Jerusalem.
Short video about the Dead Sea from the Israeli News Company. The Dead Sea (Arabic: اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت, romanized: al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or اَلْبَحْر الْمَيْت, al-Baḥr al-Mayt; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, romanized: Yam hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to ...
"The Dead Man" (original Spanish title: "El Muerto") is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. [1] It was first published in the magazine Sur (#145) in November 1946 and appears in the 1949 short story collection The Aleph .
The Gospel of Judas is a non-canonical Gnostic gospel.The content consists of conversations between Jesus and Judas Iscariot.Given that it includes late 2nd-century theology, it is widely thought to have been composed in the 2nd century (prior to 180 AD) by Gnostic Christians. [1]
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
The River and Death (Spanish: El río y la muerte) is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel. [1] The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952 [2] novel Muro blanco en roca negra (White Wall on a Black Rock). [3] [4]
Sea of Death (Portuguese: Mar Morto) is a Brazilian Modernist novel written by Jorge Amado.Amado wrote the novel in response to his first arrest for "being a communist". The novel follows the lives of poor sailors around Bahia, and their relationship with the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, especially the sea goddess Iema
"Jornada del Muerto" is the title of a song that appears on Linkin Park's album A Thousand Suns, which is a concept album dealing with nuclear warfare. "Jornada del Muerto #20" is the title of a song that appears on Centro-matic's 2008 double album Dual Hawks. "Jornada del Muerto" is the title of a song that appears on Nadja's album Excision.