Interesting, According To Me: March 2014

March 31, 2014

Biblical Phrases

The following 90 phrases came from the Bible.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A broken heart
A cross to bear
A drop in the bucket
A house divided against itself cannot stand
A labour of love
A law unto themselves
A leopard cannot change its spots
A man after his own heart
A multitude of sins
A soft answer turns away wrath
A thorn in the flesh
All things must pass
Am I my brother's keeper?
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
As old as the hills
Ashes to ashes dust to dust
At his wits end
Baptism of fire
Be fruitful and multiply
Beat swords into ploughshares
Bite the dust
Blessed are the peacemakers
Born again
Breath of life
By the skin of your teeth
By the sweat of your brow
Cast bread upon the waters
Don't cast your pearls before swine
Eat drink and be merry
Eye to eye
Faith will move mountains
Fall from grace
Fight the good fight
Fire and brimstone
Flesh and blood
For everything there is a season
Forgive them for they know not what they do
Give up the ghost
Go the extra mile
Good Samaritan
Harden your heart
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
Holier than thou
How are the mighty fallen
In the twinkling of an eye
It's better to give than to receive
Lamb to the slaughter
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
Let not the sun go down on your wrath
Living off the fat of the land
Love thy neighbour as thyself
Man does not live by bread alone
Manna from Heaven
Many are called but few are chosen
My cup runneth over
My heart's desire
No rest for the wicked
O ye, of little faith
Peace offering
Pride goes before a fall
Put words in one's mouth
Red sky at night; shepherds' delight
Scapegoat
Sign of the times
Sour grapes
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Strait and narrow
The apple of his eye
The blind leading the blind
The ends of the earth
The love of money is the root of all evil
The powers that be
The root of the matter
The salt of the earth
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
The sweat of your brow
The wages of sin is death
The way of all flesh
The wisdom of Solomon
The writing is on the wall
There's nothing new under the sun
Thou shalt not kill
Wash your hands of the matter
What God has joined together let no man put asunder
Weighed in the balance
White as snow
Woe is me
Wolf in sheep's clothing
You reap what you sow

March 26, 2014

Winnemucca Petroglyphs: Oldest Rock Art in North America

Rock art carved on limestone boulders in Winnemucca Lake, a dried lake bed in northwest Nevada, have been proven to be the oldest rock art in North America. Though Winnemucca Lake is dried up now, it was once so full of water that the boulders upon which the petroglyphs are etched were submerged.

The petroglyphs range from simple lines, pits, and swirls to more complex and ambiguous shapes that resemble diamonds, trees, flowers, and veins in a leaf. They range from about 8 inches up to about 3 feet in width.

In a new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, geochemist Larry Benson and his team concluded that the petroglyphs are at least 10,500 years old, and perhaps as much as 14,800 years old.

Whether they turn out to be as old as 14,800 years ago, they are still the oldest petroglyphs that have been dated in North America.