What kind of wine would Jesus drink in his lifetime? Leonardo Da Vinci’s iconic painting, “The Last Supper,” missed a few marks, but it got the wine part right. Biblical historians have long pondered what dishes may have been on…Continue Reading
Category: Archaeology
The Proof of Isaiah The Prophet?
An ancient clay seal bearing King Hezekiah was found in Jerusalem in 2015. As a part of the same collection of seals revealed the name of Isaiah. Is this a seal of the famous prophet Isaiah a contemporary of King Hezekiah? If it…Continue Reading
Is This The Seal of Isaiah The Prophet?
An amazing discovery has been just recently unveiled in Jerusalem, a seal that possibly belonging to Isaiah the Prophet. Archaeologists have been digging south of the walls of old Jerusalem in the area known as Ophel. Though outside of the…Continue Reading
Essenes and Qumranites: Unresolved Questions
Were Qumanites Essenes? The famous Dead Sea Scrolls continue to interest many students of ancient Jewish life. One question the scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls have not resolved is whether the Qumran community was indeed Essene. This was a…Continue Reading
The Puzzle of the Dead Sea Scrolls
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? In the area of biblical and historical studies, the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. That is not an exaggeration. The documents were awaiting the day…Continue Reading
Ancient Menorah Stone in Tiberias
Archaeologists unearthed a beautiful and ancient stone in the city of Tiberius in Galilee in November of 2017. It is an impressive piece of basalt rock with an image of a seven-branched menorah. Menorah is a special temple lampstand which the…Continue Reading
Worship of Pan in Galilee
This newly uncovered gateway and a mysterious mask may offer clues about the ancient greek god. Researchers at the University of Haifa just uncovered a Roman gateway in Israel’s Sussita National Park near the Sea of Galilee. What’s so special…Continue Reading
The Thinker Jug
Israeli archaeologists and high school students found this jug in Yehud, a town near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. It depicts “the thinker” a figure of a human in a retrospective pose. While jugs like this are fairly common finds…Continue Reading
Roman Road near Beit Shemesh
A beautifully preserved stretch of Roman road, about 2,000 years old, was uncovered near Beit Shemesh in preparations of laying a water pipeline to Jerusalem. (more…)
Stone Tableware Factory Near Biblical Cana in Israel
Archaeologists discovered an unusual cave is in the town of Reineh (between Nazareth and Kana). It was a stone quarry cave that doubled as a workshop and a first-century factory of tableware. Several stone bowls and cups in various stages…Continue Reading
A Lost Jewish City Under Army Base in Samaria
A lost Jewish city has been discovered by archaeologists hidden underneath an Israeli Defence Force training base, according to Tel Aviv daily Yedioth Aharanot. Archaeologists working for the IDF’s Civil administration were digging under the old parade grounds of a…Continue Reading
Glimpses of Shiloh Excavation
Shiloh is a town in the lot of Ephraim where Israel assembled under Joshua at the close of the war of conquest (Joshua 18:1). Here territory was allotted to the seven tribes who had not yet received their portions. A…Continue Reading
New Hebrew Inscription – Send Wine!
It was a ground-breaking discovery that was hiding in plain sight for more than half a century. Utilizing advanced multispectral imaging technology, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered an “invisible” Hebrew inscription on the back of a pottery shard. The…Continue Reading
Methuselah Date Palm From the Days of Jesus
A tree grows in Israel, in Kibbutz Qetura – a Methuselah date palm tree. It is a very unusual tree, a living palm from the days of Jesus which was named Methuselah because of its origins. Technically, it is a young…Continue Reading
Procurator’s Name at The Bottom of the Sea
Israeli Archaeologists uncovered a name Roman Procurator Gargilius Antiques engraved on a massive rectangular stone, during a maritime excavation at the Tel Dor archaeological site south of Haifa. The name was discovered underwater by researchers from the University of Haifa. The…Continue Reading
New Finds and Excavations in Caesarea
Israeli archaeologists working on a major Roman-era port city have unveiled new discoveries including an altar dedicated to Augustus Caesar and a centuries-old mother-of-pearl tablet inscribed with a menorah. The finds at Caesarea, a complex on the Mediterranean coast 50…Continue Reading
53 Biblical People Confirmed by Archaeology
Lawrence Mykytiuk writes that there are figures “mentioned in the Bible have been identified in the archaeological record. Their names appear in inscriptions written during the period described by the Bible and in most instances during or quite close to…Continue Reading