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Sitting as a boy through long, boring sermons, I was surprised to find these words at the front of my Bible: “To the most high and mighty Prince James, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith. The translators of the Bible with Grace, Mercy, and Peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Huh? For years I had no idea what these words were all about. They are, of course, the opening words to the preface of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. (We call it that; however, the Bible itself...

Expert sceptical of sacred Roman cave By Silvia Aloisi in Rome November 24, 2007 A LEADING Italian archaeologist said that the grotto whose discovery was announced this week in Rome is not the sacred cave linked to the myth of the city's foundation by Romulus and Remus. The Culture Ministry and experts who presented the find said they were “reasonably certain” the cavern is the Lupercale - a sanctuary worshipped for centuries by Romans because, according to legend, a wolf nursed the twin brothers there. But Adriano La Regina, Rome's superintendent of archaeology from 1976 to 2004, said ancient descriptions...