He was described as short, stocky (stout), shabbily dressed (though a
gentleman), foreign-looking euphemism for Jewish-looking), and with a
moustache. He wore a deerstalker hat (similar to Sherlock Holmes'),
wore no cape and carried no cane.
Read more about this elusive figure here
http://www.casebook.org/
Jesus, Year of Birth
Was Jesus born 2002 years ago? Was he born in year zero?
The first year AD was 1 - so, Jesus could not have been born in year
zero. The very concept of zero was invented much later.
Numerous historical minutia in the gospels indicate that Jesus must
have been born before 4 BC.
For example, He was said to have been born during the reign of King
Herod, who died in 4 BC.
Much more here:
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/year-history.html
http://www.new-life.net/chrtms10.htm
http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyArchive/2000/texts-p3/m22_jee
z.html
http://www.biblequestions.org/Archives/BQAR373.htm
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Library of Congress
The library of Alexandria was many centuries old when it was
devastated by fire in the civil war under the Roman emperor Aurelian
in the late 3rd century AD.
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