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Grok AI Chatbot Stated Jesus Did Not Qualify as a Fake God in Recent Viral Social Media Discussion

Grok defended leaving Jesus in an image after being asked to remove 'fake gods', citing historical sources and Christian claims while disclaiming personal religious belief.

International Business Times UK · Oct 6

Historians Just Identified The Most Compelling Non-Biblical Evidence That Jesus Was A Real Guy

The debate on the existence of Jesus has been, and will be, debated pretty much forever. But new compelling evidence might strengthen your argument around the dinner table. Historians from 116AD have left us with written documentation that is hard to argue with. Read the full article to see what…

Bored Panda · Jun 23

Jesus Christ True History: Roman Texts Silence Atheists As Expert Traces Accounts Back To Trial Eyewitnesses

Recent research by Thomas C. Schmidt uses computer-assisted analysis to validate ancient texts, reinforcing the historical existence of Jesus Christ against mythicist claims.

International Business Times · Jun 21

‘Their heads were nailed to the trees’: what was life – and death – like for Roman legionaries?

It was the defeat that traumatised Rome, leaving 15,000 soldiers slaughtered in a German field. As a major show explores this horror and more, our writer finds traces of the fallen by a forest near the Rhine

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024

Boudica: Queen of War reviewed by an expert in the real ancient British ruler

Warning: this review contains some spoilers for Boudica: Queen of War.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023

Caveat emptor: a new book on the best lines in Latin misses the bigger picture

One of my favourite Roman artefacts to show visiting school groups or beginner’s Latin classes is a floor mosaic from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii. The mosaic depicts a chained dog accompanied by the Latin words, CAVE CANEM (“beware of the dog”).

The Conversation · Apr 17, 2023

Treasures from new digs reveal that Pompeii is far from ‘frozen in time’

Pliny the Younger said the tale of the city’s disaster would live for ever and a new excavation will reveal more about the Romans who lived – and died – there

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023