Throughout our entire lives we’ve ‘understood’ that Jesus is called Jesus… I mean, if we’re told someone is called something, you don’t really question it.

But according to scientists Jesus ‘wasn’t called Jesus’ and in fact, the Son of God went by a different name.

Jesus was born around 2,030 years ago – if we’re to believe the historians.

“The narrowest date one can confidently arrive at for Jesus’s birth seems to be the month of March, during the years 6, 5, or 4 BC,” explained Professor Lawrence Mykytiuk of Purdue University in Indiana, to the MailOnline.

Anyway, scholars believe ‘Jesus Christ’ might not be the lord’s name at all, with historians citing that the Son of God’s name would have been in his native language of Aramaic, which doesn’t sound anything like it does now.

Then there’s the fact that the name ‘Jesus’ didn’t actually exist when he was alive, and there’s even letters that wouldn’t have appeared in written language until around 1,500 years after Jesus’ death.

Then, as the story of Jesus was shared, the name transitioned from his native language to Hebrew, then Greek, followed by Latin and in the 16th century… English. So, his name went through a lengthy period of translation, it would appear.

‘Jesus Christ’ would not have gone by the name ‘Jesus Christ’ while he was living (Getty Stock Images)

So, what is Jesus’ real name?

Professor Dineke Houtman of the Protestant Theological University, in the Netherlands, has claimed it would have most likely been Yeshua or possibly its shorter name, Yeshu.

Professor Houtman told the MailOnline: “His name would probably have been in Aramaic: Yeshua.

“It is likely that this is also how he introduced himself. Another possibility is the shorter form Yeshu which is the form used in later rabbinic literature.”

It makes sense as Jesus wasn’t English and being in the Middle East, it’s safe to say he wouldn’t have spoken our tongue either – also names beginning with a hard ‘J’ as we’d pronounce it, didn’t exist either.

Yeshu Nazareen doesn’t have as much of a ring to it! (Getty Stock Image)

While an expert on early Christianity from the University of Birmingham, Professor Candida Moss, backed up Houtman’s belief.

She told the publication: “Most scholars agree that his name was Yeshua or possibly Yeshu, which was one of the most common names in first-century Galilee.”

So, is Jesus’ real name Yeshua Christ?

Well, no. Christ derives from the Greek word ‘Christos’ which means ‘anointed one’.

His surname would have likely been related to his hometown of Nazareth, with his name likely to have been Yeshu Nazareen.

A man vanished while hiking the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and one of the final photographs he sent to his grandma is particularly hair-raising.

Teenager Daylenn Pua went on a hiking trip during his visit to Hawaii to see his grandmother and decided to tackle the Haiku Stairs – also known as the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – on February 27, 2015.

However, after sending photographs of his hike to his grandma, the 17-year-old would never be heard from again.

Daylenn Pua went missing in 2015 (Family handout)

Daylenn’s grandmother had warned him about the Haiku Stairs – the pathway having been closed to the public and it considered trespassing to attempt the climb.

The steps were built in World War Two to provide access to a top-secret US Navy radio station hidden in Haiku Valley – the US able to use the base to transmit signals to its ships in the Pacific, even as far as Tokyo Bay.

The path consists of ‘3,922 steps across the Ko’olau range’ However, the stairs are ‘weathered and sometimes not trustworthy’ the hike up a ‘continuous and steep path’ considered extremely dangerous to try and navigate, Oahu Hike states.

However, the teen went anyway – the stairway leading to ‘easily the best views across Oahu’ – a post to social media the day before the hike showing Daylenn asking followers to wish him ‘luck’.

Alas, Daylenn has never been seen again, his grandmother left only with several photographs he sent her from during his hike.

One of the photos Daylenn sent to his grandmother (Daylenn Pusa)

US navy drones were sent to try and find any sign of Daylenn and search parties were conducted, however, neither the teen nor his phone or backpack were located.

There are subsequently only two main theories as to what happened – one a result of a photograph the teen sent to his grandmother.

If you zoom in on the image, you can spot a figure of someone – or something – seemingly crouching in the undergrowth.

It’s not been ascertained whether this is actually a person or animal, what they were doing at the location and whether or not they’re related to Daylenn’s disappearance, however, Honolulu Police Department determined if it was a man in the image, they would be considered a person of interest in the investigation.

Another possible explanation is Daylenn slip and fell – rescue teams searching for the teen reporting slipping and falling themselves despite being experienced hikers.

Ultimately, it remains unknown what happened to Daylenn even nearly 10 years on since he vanished.

UNILAD has contacted Honolulu Police Department for comment.

Scientists have found evidence of a vanished island being dubbed ‘the real-life Atlantis’.

The work of scientists never fails to surprise us, and thanks to their tireless studies, we’re able to discover a tonne about the planet we live on and beyond.

Vanished islands are always a topic of intrigue, with the one known as the ‘real-life Atlantis’ an intriguing one.

The island known as Teonimanu would have been lost to time had it not been for local legends keeping its story alive.

Once forming part of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, Teonimanu was home to hundreds of people over 300 years ago.

That all changed, however, when the island disappeared beneath the waves.

The island was part of the Solomon Islands. (Getty Stock Photo)

Scientist Patrick Nunn, author and professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, said: “It’s the place where perhaps two or three islands disappeared very rapidly, several hundred years ago.”

Teonimanu most likely disappeared sometime between the late 16th century and the late 18th century, according to Nunn.

This is when Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña and his English counterpart James Cook were in the region, according to the oral traditions of people in the central Solomon Islands.

Speaking in his 2009 book ‘Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific’, Nunn pointed out: “Their stories might easily be mistaken for legends, for fictions, but like many such ancient stories, there remain cores of truth – genuine observations – that over time have become encased in layers of narrative embellishment.”

While its fate may have been decided many years ago, the story of Teonimenu remains alive to this day.

In fact, Tony Heorake, director of the Solomon Islands National Museum, says the remarkable story has been passed down through his family.

The vanished island remains alive to this day. (Getty Stock Photo)

As per ABC, he said: “I am one of the direct descendants of Teonimenu on my mother’s side.

“After the island sank, some of my ancestors survived and they floated on banana tree trunks and other debris.”

Heorake told ABC his ancestors set up camp on the southern part of Ulawa, a place they still reside in today.

The island sits just north of where Teonimenu was, so it’s often a talking point at home.

“Every evening after dinner, we normally hear the elders in the family talking about those stories,” Heorake told ABC.

“Not only about Teonimenu but about different animals, different plants, different ways of fishing, hunting [on the island].”

Survivors of the Sea Story dive boat disaster have shared their terrifying memories of being trapped in the pitch black for 35 hours after their vessel sank.

The ordeal took place in November 2024 after the luxury dive boat set off from Egypt’s Red Sea coast with 31 international guests, three diving instructors and 12 Egyptian crew members on board.

The trip was set to last six days, and passenger Lucianna Galetta remembered the boat being ‘really nice’, ‘very big’ and ‘very clean’.

Lucianna is one of a few survivors who spoke about the tragedy with BBC News, with those on board remembering the boat seemed more unstable than they would have expected on the first night of the trip.

Sea Story had embarked on a six-day trip (Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu via Getty Images)

How did water get on board the Sea Story?

Sarah Martin, a British doctor who was on board the boat, remembered the weather wasn’t ‘terrible’, but furniture was ‘sliding around’ on the deck.

Hissora Gonzalez, a diver from Spain, struggled to sleep due to the motion on the boat, and just before 3am the entire vessel flipped onto its side and the engines cut out, resulting in total darkness.

Survivors recalled people being thrown from their beds, while possessions fell and obstructed exits. One survivor became trapped under heavy furniture.

Hissora said she didn’t know if she was walking on ‘the floor, on the ceiling [or] on the side’ of the boat, but she tried to find a life jacket. She recalled hearing water coming inside the boat, but she couldn’t see it.

Survivors waited for hours for rescue (BBC News)

How did survivors of the Sea Story get out?

The door to Hissora’s cabin ended up being above her, but she managed to escape when her friend, Cristhian Cercos, pulled her up.

A small group of passengers began to make their way along the emergency staircase, with Sarah describing how they had to ‘climb along door frames and beams’, through cooking oil and broken eggs that had fallen in the chaos.

When survivors reached the top deck, they had to jump 7-10 feet into the ocean.

“If the boat was going down, we needed to get away so it wouldn’t pull us down with it,” Sarah said.

Sarah’s cabin mate, Natalia Sanchez Fuster, tried to use debris to break the windows and help those still inside the boat, but she wasn’t able to get through the glass.

Sarah and Natalia had managed to grab life jackets, but they noticed the lights on them weren’t working.

“Looking back, I don’t think there were any batteries in there,” Sarah told the BBC.

Those who had jumped off the vessel managed to find two life rafts, though Sarah alleged a torch on board ‘didn’t have any batteries’, and there wasn’t ‘any water or any food’.

Five passengers were found alive after discovering air pockets on board (BBC News)

How did passengers become trapped?

Lucianna Galettan and her partner, Christophe Lemmens, weren’t able to make it to the top deck of the boat. Instead, they ended up in an air pocket in the engine room at the back, which was left sticking out of the water as the boat sank.

The couple were joined by one of the dive instructors, Youssef al-Faramawy, and the trio remained there for about 35 hours as they waited for help to arrive.

Rescue vessels were at the site of the sinking about eight hours after it took place, but those inside had ‘no communication with the outside’.

Another 27 hours later, the three survivors saw a light as a local diving instructor explored the wreck to search for survivors. He was able to lead all three to safety.

In another area of the boat, a Swiss man and a Finnish man had also managed survived in another air pocket.

Why did the Sea Story sink?

In the aftermath of the sinking, Egyptian officials said a huge wave had caused the boat to capsize. However, Dr Simon Boxall, a leading oceanographer from the University of Southampton, analyzed the weather and claimed there was ‘no way a 4m (13ft) wave could have occurred in that region, at that time’.

Those on board claimed the furniture on the top deck of the boat was not secured and may have shifted to one side of the boat, potentially causing it to become unstable.

Survivors also noted that the Sea Story sank between 2am-3am, but a distress signal was not received by local authorities until about 5:30am.

Egyptian authorities have opened an investigation into the sinking, but the findings have not yet been reported.

In total, 35 people were rescued from the boat, while up to 11 people died or are still missing.

UNILAD has reached out to Dive Pro Liveaboard for comment.