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References in the Bible Egypt is always of particular interest, first of all because of ancient Egyptian history well enough documented. Therefore, it is worth a closer look at two key Biblical characters - Joseph (Egypt) and Moses (Exodus).

Believe it or not , but we have no originals of the biblical books. Authentic text of the Bible , written thanks to the painstaking research work of many ancient manuscripts kept in museums and libraries. However, oddly enough, today the text of many books of the Bible more reliable than the works of such ancient authors as Homer, Aeschylus or Plato surviving manuscripts of the IX-XI centuries by R. X. - i.e. in the texts, written through 1400-1700 years after the creation of the original, while the manuscript was at the heart of the Bible is separated from the primary sources are much less extended time frame.

Real Eldorado can be called Tiahuanaco - the Inca Empire. It is estimated that during the reign of them were extracted from mines and mines more than 50 thousand tonnes of gold!

Six thousand years ago on the coast of the Persian Gulf there was a civilization of Sumer, which left many clay tablets covered with cuneiform. These tablets have reached us myths, historical chronicle, codes of law, economic documents, personal letters. Entire libraries clay tables were found by archaeologists in the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, and in another large ancient city of Mesopotamia - the Nippur. But, despite this seemingly huge amount of information, in the history of the Sumerian civilization remains a lot of mysteries. And one of them is connected with the texts of clay tablets...

In Eastern Turkey, on the Anatolian coast, not far from the borders with Iran and Armenia stands covered with eternal snows of the mountain. Its height above sea level is only 5165 meters, which does not allow her to be in the range of the highest mountains of the world, but it is one of the most famous peaks of the Earth. The name of this mountain - Ararat.

About the strange illusions that sometimes occurs on the Volga, in the last century, wrote A. F. Leopoldov in the book “Notes of the Samara region”. In 1927 year N. A. Steppe recorded in those places the following legend:

In the summer of 1977 was published a report on the results of the research content 81 graves on the black sea coast of Bulgaria. They all pertained to about 4500 BC, by the time the achievements of technical thought mostly limited to wood or mud huts, various stone tools and ceramic pots. This cemetery has made such an impression on making it a description, archaeologist, Professor of the University of California in Los Angeles Lithuanian origin Maria Gimbutas that she even resorted to rare in academic language terminology.

"Almost all cultures of the world are strikingly similar to each other legends of the Universal flood - more than five hundred. In all of these legends the same story: humanity dies from a Flood that saved only one man and his family. In Western countries this man is known by the name of Noah, the Aztecs called it Nene, the middle East, his name is "Atrahasis", Utnapishtim all or Ziusudra. As for the rescue funds, that is, in the Bible it is called "the ark", that is ship; in the Mesopotamian myths, this underwater boat, and in the legends of the Aztecs we are talking about a hollowed out log" (Alford, "Gods of the new Millennium").

One of the brightest episodes of the Bible, undoubtedly, is the legend about the Flood. The legend of this affecting the imagination like no other, served as the eternal theme of artists of all time. Interestingly, mention of the Flood are found in folklore and legends of many peoples of our planet. Scientists have found that similar myths exist in Australia, India, Tibet and in Lithuania; they existed : in dokolumbovsky America. The content of these legends are very similar. The Spaniards, having mastered in due time the New world was astonished amazing coincidence in detail all the stories of the flood in different Indian tribes.

"...We found geological data, which, obviously, will lead directly to archaeological discoveries," said Dr. Roald Maxwell at the University of Washington. Dr. Maxwell, Dr. Harold Made and Virginia Steen Makinia reported at the annual meeting of the geological society of America that at the bottom of the stream in Mexico, they found intricate stone tools...

The Bible says that in the valley of Siddim the Lord rained brimstone and fire from the sky in five cities in the area and people. Such cities were Sodom (burning) and Gomorrah (the sinking, sinking). These cities were punished for extreme fall of morality and homosexuality their residents. The fall of morality here began after the arrival of the conquerors - warlike tribes, which is popularly known as "blue". The rebellion of the local civilian population was suppressed by the conquerors. Valley of Siddim is the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Eastern part of the Kaliningrad region).

Recently biologists have found that many millions of years ago the education of coal on Earth ceased due to the activity of fungi. These organisms in the process of evolution had the ability to break down the lignin - matter of the shells of plant cells. After that coal was already no form: mushrooms ate the whole thing.

Near the village Naberezhne (Leninsky district) on a thin line - the camp of the expedition. Several tents and trailer not too attract attention of local residents and tourists. Many think it is located ordinary fans of rest savage, and few people know that there from mid-may live and work the scientists-archeologists from the Ukraine, Russia, Poland and Lithuania. Their attention is the Bosporan city of Acre.

The symbol of Rome, bronze sculpture, called Lupa Capitolina, i.e. the Capitoline wolf - has been cast not ancient Etruscans, as I thought before, and the unknown master of the middle Ages. It could be a copy of an early and not come down to us of the original, but, nevertheless, it still is a work of art in later eras.

In Italy publisher "Piemme" published the book Roberto Beretta and Elisabetta broli "ten commandments". Italian journalists were advised by Gianfranco Ravasi, the famous Milan theologian, specializing in the study of the Bible. As journalists themselves - Roberto Beretta and Elisabetta broli - operate in the paper "Avvenire", which is the official organ of the Pontifical biblical Commission. So the authors of the book is not some three heretic-pretender, but a very dear people, which has enlisted a blessing and a guidance of the Vatican.