Archaeologists working on the site of an early Christian church near the Sea of Galilee have unearthed a mosaic depicting five loaves of bread and two fish. The mosaic was uncovered in the so-called Burnt Church at the Hippos-Sussita dig in Gennesaret, known today as Lake Kinneret, overlooking the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, Haaretz reports. One of Jesus’ most famous miracles is the feeding of the 5,000 with just five loaves of bread and two fish. Alongside the bread and fish, the design of the mosaic incorporates pomegranate motifs. The Burnt Church was discovered by a team of archaeologists in July and has since yielded up some ceramics dating the construction of the building to the fifth century. The building is referred to as the ‘Burnt Church’ because it fell into ruin after being ravaged by fire. In a stroke of good fortune, however, it was the layer of ash that protected the mosaic flooring over the following centuries from sun damage. Dr Michael Eisenberg, co-director of the Hippos-Sussita excavation, is working at the site alongside Arleta Kowalewska. Both are from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at Haifa University. Speaking of the site’s close connection to the early followers of Christ, Dr Eisenberg said: “Looking down, they must have thought of the miracles and works of Jesus around the lake just below.” Mosaic floors have been uncovered in the nave, the apse and the side aisles. Thanks to the ash layer, their colours remain vivid today. The loaves depicted in the mosaic are all different colours, something Dr Eisenberg said may have signified different types of bread. “There are definitely five loaves, not three or six. Their colours may reflect different types of flour, wheat and barley. Then there is the pair of fish on the mosaic in the apse,” he said. “The association that came to mind was the miracle of the loaves and fish.” Source: www.christiantoday.com
Excitement rocks social media as PSquare brothers reunite in a heartwarming video, hug each other tightly
Fans and supporters of the P-square brothers are more than excited at the moment following their recent physical reunion. Recall that the two had initial stirred sweet reactions online after they followed each other’s page on their respective Instagram pages. Well, the reunion has now gotten physical as the twin brothers were seen hugging it out in a heartwarming video clip making the rounds online. Peter extended a handshake to his brother before they locked each other in a warm embrace with smiles on their faces. Others in the room were equally excited to see the brothers move past their differences and squash their beef once and for all. Watch the clip below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Goldmyne (@goldmynetv)
McBrown United Showbiz honours veteran actress, Maame Dokono, gifts her GHC10k, TV & Fridge
Popular veteran actress Grace Omaboe, has been honoured by United Television (UTV). Grace Omaboe was the guest on the station’s United Showbiz hosted Nana Ama MccBrown on Saturday, November 20, 2021. After sharing her life story and experiences, Maame Dokono was gifted a number of items on the show. The gift included a brand new 65-inch smart television, a four-door refrigerator, and cash of GHC 10,000. Announcing the items McBrown indicated that the TV and the fridge had been provided by Hisense while the cash was made available by her bosses at Despite Media. Please watch the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🆄🆃🆅 🅶🅷🅰🅽🅰 (@utvghana)
2022 WCQ: There were two touches on Daniel Amartey – Ghana legend Sammy Kuffour defends penalty decision against South Africa
Former Ghana defender, Samuel Osei Kuffour has waded into the penalty decision for the Black Stars against South Africa in the final round of games of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The U.S. ‘not as advanced’ as China and Russia on hypersonic tech, Space Force general warns
HALIFAX, Canada — A top Space Force official admitted on Saturday that the U.S. has “catching up to do very quickly” to match Beijing’s hypersonic capability, one week after China successfully launched a missile that circled the globe before striking a target. Russia also launched a hypersonic missile from a warship in the Arctic this week, underscoring how quickly Washington, D.C.’s two primary competitors are racing ahead in this technology. “We’re not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs,” Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations, said during his appearance at the Halifax International Security Forum. Hypersonic missiles fly at least five times the speed of sound, but their ability to glide on the atmosphere while changing direction at such a high speed makes them virtually impossible — with existing radars — to track and destroy. While the Pentagon has pushed the development of new hypersonic missiles, the Army isn’t slated to field its first missile until 2024. The Navy is aiming to put its own version of the missile on a destroyer in 2025 and on Virginia-class submarines in 2028. “It should be no surprise to anyone that China is developing capabilities that would be viewed negatively by like-minded allies and partners,” Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told a small group of reporters on the sideline of the event. The Space Force is working to “figure out the type of satellite constellation that we need” to track these missiles, Thompson told POLITICO after his public remarks. “It’s a new challenge, but it’s not that we don’t have an answer to this challenge. We just have to understand it, fully design it, and fly it.” While there’s no timeline for when these new satellites can get into orbit, “we’re evolving our approach and our timelines rapidly,” Thompson said. Both Thompson and Aquilino expressed concerns about how the often slow and risk-averse acquisition process is affecting the military competition from under the sea and into space. “The bureaucracy that we’ve built into our defence and acquisition enterprise, not just in space but in other areas, has slowed us down in many areas,” Thompson said. “The fact that we have not needed to move quickly for a couple of decades — in the sense of a strategic competitor with these capabilities — has not driven us or required us to move quickly.” Chinese leader Xi Jinping has publicly spelt out a plan for his military to achieve parity with the United States by 2027, and become the leading global power by 2050, making Beijing’s rapid development of new weapons unsurprising, Aquilino said. “We should expect capabilities like that to show up, and I think the answer is our system has to be able to respond much more quickly,” he said. There is progress at the Pentagon, however. Last month, the military successfully tested a rocket engine meant to launch the hypersonic glide body into the atmosphere. And on Friday, the Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in a competition to develop a new hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor that will be capable of destroying an incoming hypersonic missile. Source: news.yahoo.com
U.S. patrol boats assigned to beef up Ukrainian Navy near the Black Sea
Russia says it has the right to move its troops anywhere it wants on its own territory and is not planning to attack anyone.
There will be no escaping Ghana’s new tax on electronic transactions
Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that the government intends to introduce an electronic transaction levy (e-levy) in the 2022 budget. He said this was to “widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector”.
Scientists hoodwinked, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
On Friday, researchers working in Uganda said they found COVID-19 patients with high rates of exposure to malaria were less likely to suffer severe disease or death than people with little history of the disease.
Panic withdrawals hit mobile money nationwide as a result of the 1.7% E-levy
Ghanaians across the country are rushing to Mobile Money Vendors to cash out their deposits before the 1.7% Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy) takes effect. The National Public Relations Officer for Mobile Money Agents Association, Mr Charles Adu who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with this reporter said their members across the country have recorded astronomical withdrawals a day after the announcement was made. According to him, most customers are attributing their reason to the introduction of the new tax on momo transactions. Mr Charles Adu noted that the imposition of tax on electronic transactions will derail efforts to transform Ghana’s economy into a more cashless society. “We are already overwhelmed with existing taxes and other unbearable production costs, adding additional taxes will not only overburden the suffering masses. It will also collapse our business,” he stated. He disclosed that the association has called for an emergency meeting over the controversial momo tax and would soon come out with a communique. The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta during the presentation of the 2022 budget statement on Wednesday, November 17, 20221 announced the introduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy. The 1.75 per cent levy will affect all electronic transactions including mobile money, remittances and other electronic transactions. “After considerable deliberations, the government has decided to place a levy on all electronic transactions to widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector. This shall be known as the “Electronic Transaction Levy or E-Levy,” Ken Ofori-Atta stated. He noted that portions of revenue collected from the levy will be used to support entrepreneurship, youth employment, cybersecurity, digital, and road infrastructure among others. Source: modernghana
Suspension of road tolls gets different reactions from people living in Sunyani
Government cessation of payment of road tolls on the country has received varied reactions among residents in the Bono Regional capital.