Apparently, some scientists are trying to find out if this is possible to find Jesus’ DNA. It was the first stop on an extraordinary journey. On a bright but bitterly cold January afternoon earlier this year, I found myself on a small island in the Black Sea, just off Sozopol...
Recently, the Gospel Herald reported that according to a BBC poll, 25 % of Christians in Great Britain say “Jesus’ resurrection was not real.” It turns out that according to the survey results one in four of those who considered themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not truly believe the...
Archaeologists may have finally found evidence that could prove the existence of King Solomon’s mines. They found it in donkey dung that is thousands of years old. The discovery was made by archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef from the University of Tel Aviv, and his findings were published at the Journal...
A replica of a 2,500-year-old merchant ship from the Hellenistic era set sail during its launch ceremony in Haifa, Israel, on March 17, 2017. This was an identical copy of a ship which that ran aground off the coast of present-day Israel about 500 years before Christ’s birth....
מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה וּמַה־שֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה וְאֵין כָּל־חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ What happened before will happen again, what...
Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered an ancient Roman road dating back 2,000 years ago. This impressive man-made structure had been beautifully preserved beneath the ground in Bet Shemesh, near the modern Highway 375. This ancient Roman road stunned archaeologists not only by the impeccable state in which it was conserved...
Quick, think of an archaeologist… You pictured Indiana Jones, right? That’s not surprising. Harrison Ford’s popular character didn’t just grab the attention of movie audiences. As National Geographic previously reported, the film franchise inspired a lot of real-world interest in the field of archaeology. Of course, actual...
The Synagogue of Freedmen (συναγωγή των Λιβερτίνων) is mentioned in Acts 6:9. The Greek term Freedmen (Λιβερτῖνος) is a loanword from Latin libertini, who were freed slaves. In the Roman world, this was a reference to one’s social status, usually for the purpose of differentiating one from someone...
Jamnia or Yavneh (יַבְנֶה) in the 1st century AD was a small town located along Israel’s southern coastal plain between Jaffa and Ashdod. It is believed that Jamnia hosted the discussions pertaining to the establishment of the Jewish canon and Hebrew Bible was canonized in Jamnia....
