Italy unveiled the restored crown jewel of the
ancient city of Pompeii on Friday – the Villa of Mysteries. It
is a spectacular estate on the outskirts of Pompeii's city center that features
some of the best-preserved frescoes of the site. Pompeii, a busy commercial
city overlooking the Mediterranean, was destroyed in AD 79 by an eruption of
Mount Vesuvius that killed thousands of people and buried the city in 20 feet of
volcanic ash. But the ash also helped preserve Pompeii's treasures, providing
precious information about life in the ancient world. The first excavations
began in the 18th century, but even today only two-thirds of the site's 60
hectares (150 acres) have been uncovered. See the fantastic pictures and read
the article at -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11486295/The-crown-jewel-of-the-ancient-city-of-Pompeii-restored.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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