Tag: Archaeology

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Pompeii was a city built more than 2000 years ago which got covered in ash from when the Vesuvius erupted. The people died intoxicated by fumes coming from the eruption. "To us at distance it was not clear which mountain was belching out the cloud, but it was later discovered to be Vesuvius. In form...

The Bible mentions many cities that have since been lost, such as Sodom and Gomorrah. It also mentions ancient empires, such as Babylon and Assyria, that have long since disappeared. These references have led scholars to explore the Bible's connections to these ancient civilizations. They have stud...

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Archaeological discoveries have shed light on many Bible stories, providing evidence that these events may have actually happened. Here are a few examples:The city of Jericho: The Bible says that the Israelites conquered the city of Jericho by marching around it seven times and blowing trumpets. Arc...

New research is shedding light on the fascinating bouleuterion, the ancient city hall, of Teos, an ancient Greek city located in present-day Turkey. The ruins of temples, roads, a harbor, and a rainwater cistern near Turkey's western coast reveal the once-thriving metropolis of Teos. Founded around ...

Cedars of LebanonThe common thought is Noah alone, or with the help of his sons built the Ark. A ship of this size being built by one man, or even by four or five men seems quite impossible. To begin this discussion we should first determine just how large the Ark actually was? In Genesis 6:15 we ar...

Archaeological investigations in the Middle East are uncovering the intriguing ways in which an ancient, long-forgotten civilization employed previously unknown linguistic practices to foster multiculturalism and political stability. These groundbreaking findings, emanating from ongoing excavations ...

Excavations continue at Khirbet el-Maqatir in Israel, the site some archaeologist associate with the Biblical city of Ai. The city of Ai is mentioned in Joshua 7-8 and was supposedly conquered by Israel around 1406 B.C. For some time Archaeologist Brian Peterson, of Lee University has claimed this s...

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