by paultest | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today it looks totally desolate, but over 3,000 years ago, Gezer was a major Canaanite center. Archaeologists are uncovering its turbulent history By AVIVA AND SHMUEL BAR-AM5 October 2013, 6:23 am “Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon… conscripted to...
by paultest | Oct 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Beneath the foundations of this octagonal Byzantine martyrium church at Capernaum, archaeologists made one of the most exciting Biblical archaeology discoveries: a simple first-century A.D. home that may have been the house of Peter, the home of Jesus in...
by paultest | May 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jesus’ chief disciple examined Nicola Denzey Lewis May 08, 2019 70 Comments 3614 views Share In this blog post, Brown University Religious Studies professor Nicola Denzey Lewis answers frequently asked questions about the apostle Peter. Denzey Lewis appears in the CNN...
by paultest | Nov 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Another First Temple Weight, This One With Mirror Writing, Found in Jerusalem Sifting Project. This tiny stone weight found by the foundation stones of the Western Wall may have been used in the First Temple itself, if users were unfazed by its backwards engraving....
by paultest | Nov 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tel Gezer’s first excavator, R.A.S. Macalister, believed these ten monumental standing stones were part of a Middle Bronze Age Canaanite “high place” dedicated to child sacrifice. This photo was taken during the re-excavation of Gezer in the 1960s and ’70s. Photo:...
by paultest | Nov 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reliefs at the Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu depict the Egyptians in battle with three tribes of Sea Peoples: the Danunu, the Sikils and the Philistines. Bible and archaeology news Biblical Archaeology Society The Philistines in the Bible and the northern Sea...
