The papyri, declared Keeper of Manuscripts Harold Idris Bell, are the oldest Christian writings extant. Of the 2nd Century, they antedate the Chester Beatty New Testament papyri (3rd Century ...

Biblical scholars periodically get excited when, in the sands of Egypt or the Near East, someone turns up what is called “the world’s oldest Biblical text.” Famed for its comparative ...

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It contains the oldest known temple ... Clues to what may have been the world’s first organized religion are scattered throughout Neolithic sites in southern Turkey, northern Syria, and Iraq.

Despite this widespread spirituality, there are harbingers of future religious decline. Most notably, Pew found a huge age ...

The fact remains that the oldest ‘known’ ruler was Puskara ... When Pushkara Sarin came to power his religion was Vedic, probably a local variation of the emerging deity-based faiths.