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Angels According to the Bible

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Angels, divine emissaries sent by God himself to guide and protect Earth from the machinations of hell. Behind the cross, these must be the most i conic and recognizable aspect of Christianity, they are generally divided into two ranks: the angels and the Archangels. Unfortunately, just like most mythological beings transformed by modern medias, this understanding deviated qu ite a bit from the full Angelic lore of the Christian Faith . Time to rectify this and go back to the roots of the Old and New Testament .   Star t ing with the overall nature of the angels , just like everything, they are creations of God and came to be before the concepts of time and space. This means that angels are not eternal like God, since there was a ti me without them, but remained immortal as they cannot die naturally. This also means these guys share a common theme with lobsters, who are also not able to die of old age . Oh, and they are also single for life, although whether this is by choi...
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Nuragic - Island Nation of Sardinia

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The Mediterranean was the heart of Bronze Age Europe and North Africa, which is why most of its great civilizations developed near its coastlines. And while the eastern part of the sea is quite well known, thanks to the Egyptians, Mycenaeans (Greeks) and Hittites, the western shores were far from empty. Indeed, they had quite a number of people who settled in and d eveloped their own nations, even if they were not as great and mighty as their eastern counterparts. One such culture was the Nuragic, great builders in their own right living on the teeny tiny island of Sardinia.   The Nuragic people came from the Bell Beaker Culture, which had migrated to the island. Here, isolated from continental Europe , they developed their own distinct ident ity around the year 2000 BCE. The Nuragic history is quite long, as they remained the masters of the island until the arrival of the Phoenicians around the year 900 BCE. Despite early amicable relationships, a certain powerful Phoenician ...
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