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From Karin Slaughter’s gripping latest to The Lightness by Emily Temple, Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s latest and a fierce story by Elizabeth Wetmore, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Anthony Gardner and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 The Silent Wife Karin … Read more
Detectives are looking into what happened at a care home where 15 people died following an intake of NHS hospital patients. One source from Temple Court in Kettering claimed the care home was ‘pressured’ into taking untested patients to ‘free up hospital beds,’ with a source saying the facility took in 15 NHS patients in … Read more
A 3,000-years-old Mayan temple has been discovered in Mexico, making it the ancient civilisation’s oldest and largest monument. The temple site in Tabasco, Mexico, was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Arizona and an international team during an expedition in 2017. The site, called Aquada Fénix, is 4,600ft long and up to 50ft high, … Read more
A Mayan temple discovered in Mexico is 3,000-years-old, making it the civilisations ‘oldest monument’ and no statues to the elite hints at a more egalitarian society. The temple site in Tabasco, Mexico, was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Arizona and an international team during an expedition in 2017. The site, called Aquada Fénix, is … Read more
Melissa Joan Hart was slammed for a post showing a 1935 post of Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple in The Little Colonel amid the Black Lives Matter movement. The 44-year-old was apparently trying to demonstrate solidarity via the Instagram upload, which showed the first interracial dance duo in Hollywood history. However commenters quickly noted that … Read more
Worshippers at a Jewish temple dating back more than 2,700 years likely smoked cannabis during cultic ceremonies, ancient Israeli limestone reveals. Analysis of material on two Iron Age altars, discovered at the entrance to a shrine in Israel, were found to contain cannabis, as well as frankincense. Renowned as one of the gifts brought by … Read more
As fans wait for The Walking Dead to return for its 11th season this fall, some interesting details have surfaced about a character who has come and gone. Lew Temple portrayed the prisoner Axel in the first half of Season 3, one of the prisoners whose home is taken over by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) … Read more
Star fund manager Alastair Mundy has been put on long-term sick leave, prompting the board of £509million investment trust Temple Bar to give notice to existing managers Ninety One. The announcement came after the board confirmed last week that Mundy would be taking an extended leave of absence for health reasons, though said these were … Read more
An Iron Age temple discovered at Tel Motza, near Jerusalem, calls into question the Biblical claim that Solomon’s temple was alone in the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Solomon’s Temple — which is also known as the First Temple — stood from the 10th Century BC until its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC. According to … Read more
An ancient 3,200-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in Israel was found with statues of the god Baal and jewellery inspired by the Egyptian goddess Hathor. The temple, from about the 12th century BC, was once part of the powerful Canaanite city of Lachish – now the area houses the Tel Lachish national park. Archaeologists from the … Read more