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Braman’s Wanderings
Category Archives: History
59 Years Ago
Did you know that it was 59 years ago today that the Russians launched the first satellite? The satellite was called Sputnik which means ‘Baby Moon’. Four years ago I wrote a post about Sputnik after I ran across some … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Culture, History
Tagged Baby Moon, first hand account, Russia, Satellite, scrapbook, Space, Space Race, Sputnik
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The Lachish Latrine
This morning while checking the latest posts on Facebook I discovered that Tel Lachish was in the news. I had eagerly been waiting for this news and planned to write a blog post as soon as it was released. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Culture, History, Israel
Tagged Antiquities, Biblical Lachish, Desecrated Shrine, Gate Shrine, Lachish, Lachish Latrine, Tel Lachish
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Braman's Wanderings 