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Archaeologists have discovered evidence for one of the earliest Christian buildings in all the Arabian Gulf, producing physical evidence for a long-lost community. Uncommon with the Gulf today, the Christian Church of the East or the Nestorian Church, once thrived in the region until Islam was introduced after the religion was established in 610 AD. Located in Samahij, Bahrain, radiocarbon dating of the building indicates that it was occupied between the mid-4th and the mid-8th centuries AD. The site was abandoned after the population converted to Islam. Its identity as a Christian site is shown by three plaster crosses found, two of which decorated the building and another which looks as if it had been carried or kept as a personal memento. Another indicator is a piece of graffiti scratched into the plaster of a Chi-Rho and a fish, early Christian symbols. Hidden Religion: Abba Yohani and the Clandestine Cave Churches of Ethiopia Two Aksumite Churches Reveal Complex Religious History of East Africa Conducted by both British and Bahraini archaeologists, excavations have revealed a large building with eight rooms which consisted of a kitchen, a dining room, a work room, and three living rooms. The original building survived only because a later mosque was built on top of it. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later 

King Arthur's legend, a cornerstone of Western literature, traces its origins back approximately 1,200 years. The first recorded mention appears in the "Historia Brittonum," a document penned around 830 AD, which recounts battles between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain. However, this was written centuries after the events it describes. The Arthurian legends familiar today began to take shape in the 12th century through Geoffrey of Monmouth's writings, with further development occurring in France during the Middle Ages. Arthurian Legend – Medieval Literature Laced With Truth? King Arthur: A Very British Messiah? The historical authenticity of King Arthur remains debated. Some historians suggest Arthur may be based on a real figure, though identifying which historical king inspired the legend is challenging. Two notable figures often cited are Ambrosius Aurelianus and Alfred the Great. Ambrosius Aurelianus, a leader during the late fifth and early sixth centuries, is credited with significant resistance against the Saxons. His life, set against the backdrop of the post-Roman Dark Ages, remains largely undocumented. Gildas the Wise, a near-contemporary source, described Ambrosius as a noble-born Christian who played a crucial role in the Battle of Badon, though his direct involvement is uncertain. Read moreSection: Myths & LegendsEuropeVideosHistoryFamous PeopleRead Later 

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Iconic fitness guru Richard Simmons has died at the age of 76, TMZ reports.

Richard Simmons died on July 13 at the age of 76. Simmons had been found unresponsive at his home, and his official cause of death is still pending. Simmons was a famous fitness personality known for his promotion of weight loss programs.   On July 13, Richard Simmons died. He was 76 years old when he passed away one day after his birthday. Simmons had been found unresponsive in his Hollywood Hills home on Saturday, two law enforcement sources told NBC News. By time of writing, the cause of death is still pending. Simmons was a fitness icon known for his weight loss programs, most especially his Sweatin’ to the Oldies aerobics videos. He would become a frequent and memorable guest on radio shows and television programs, including The Late Show with David Letterman and The Howard Stern Show. Richard Simmons has died suddenly, months after a poignant message to fans Just three months prior to his passing, Simmons shared a grave health update with his fans on social media. “I have some news to tell you,” he announced, “Please don’t be sad. I am …. dying. Oh I can see your faces now. The truth is we all are dying. Every day we live we are getting closer to our death.” At the time, the message had not actually been meant as a warning but as an encouragement to “embrace every day that we have.” Richard Simmons died just months after a meaningful post about life and death / Everett Collection Click for next Article The post Legendary Fitness Icon Richard Simmons Dies At 76 appeared first on DoYouRemember? - The Home of Nostalgia. Author, Dana Daly

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Look at most spiral or barred spiral galaxies and you will see multiple regions where stars are forming. These star forming regions are comprised of mostly hydrogen gas with a few other elements for good measure. The first galaxies in the Universe had huge supplies of this star forming gas. Left unchecked they could have burned through the gas quickly, generating enormous amounts of star formation. Life fast though and die young for such an energetic burst of star formation would soon fizzle out leaving behind dead and dying stars. In some way it seems, galaxies seem to regulate their star formation thanks to supermassive black holes at their centre.  The first galaxies formed about 400 to 700 million years after the Big Bang, during the Epoch known as Reionization. These early galaxies were small and faint, mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, and contained dense clusters of massive, short-lived Population III stars (the first generation of stars.) The intense radiation from these stars ionised the surrounding gas, clearing the fog that permeated space making the universe transparent for the first time. These primordial galaxies began merging and interacting, laying the foundation for the galaxy types seen today. A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society explores why galaxies are not as large as astronomers would expect. The research suggests that galaxies, even those that formed first, avoid an early death because they have mechanisms similar to “heart and lungs,” which regulate their “breathing”. Without these regulatory processes our bodies, and galaxies would have aged much faster, resulting in massive galaxies filled with dead and dying stars and devoid of new star formation. Observations show that galaxies are not so big and full of dying stars having outgrown themselves. It seems something limits their ability to allow gas to form into stars. Astrophysicists at the University of Kent believe they may have the answer: galaxies could be controlling their growth rate through a process not too dissimilar to “breathing.” They compare the supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy to a heart and the supersonic jets emerging from the poles with the radiation and gas they emit to airways feeding a pair of lungs. The supermassive black holes seem to pulse just like a heart. These pulses cause a shock front to oscillate along the jets like a diaphragm inflating and deflating the lungs. This process transmits energy along the jet slowly counteracting the pull of gravity and slowing gas accretion and star formation. The idea was developed by PhD student Carl Richards and his simulations showed a black hole pulsing like a heart.  Assisted by magnetic fields, a spiraling wind helps the supermassive black hole in galaxy ESO320-G030 grow. In this illustration, the core of the galaxy is dominated by a rotating wind of dense gas leading outwards from the (hidden) supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center. The motions of the gas, traced by light from molecules of hydrogen cyanide, have been measured with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Image credit: M. D. Gorski/Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern University, CIERA, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics. Richards explains “We realised that there would have to be some means for the jets to support the body – the galaxy’s surrounding ambient gas – and that is what we discovered in our computer simulations,” He continued “The unexpected behaviour was revealed when we analysed the computer simulations of high pressure and allowed the heart to pulse.” Evidence of ripples just like those in Richards’ simulations, in extra-galactic media have been found in galaxy clusters like the Perseus cluster. These ripples are thought to sustain a galaxy’s environment, though their generation mechanism was unclear. Conventional simulations fail to explain gas flows into galaxies, but the work of the team from the University of Kent may well have answered the question. Source : How the ‘heart and lungs’ of a galaxy extend its life. The post Galaxies Regulate their Own Growth so they Don’t Run Out of Star Forming Gas appeared first on Universe Today.