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Dara, the Ancient City Called Resurrection

August 9, 2026
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Twenty miles southeast of Mardin there is a ruined city that everyone calls Dara. That was the local name, the one that stuck, and it…

King Abgar’s letter to Jesus: Edessa’s ancient Christian claim

June 18, 2026
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How a small Syriac kingdom in what is now southeastern Turkey may have been among the first on earth to believe. A kingdom on the…