Biblical Archaeology News 2012
Recent Discoveries and Latest News On Top
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First Temple Period Seal Discovered Bearing This
Inscription; "Lematanyahu Ben Ho…" which means: "Belonging
to Matanyahu Ben Ho…" And This Seal Was Discovered At The
Base Of The Walls Of The Temple Mount.
April 30, 2012 - LARNACA, CYPRUS
Ancient Phoenician Tombs Discovered Dating Back To The Time
Of Alexander The Great of Macedon and Darius the Great of
Persia, Both Mentioned In The Bible, Excavation Reveals The
Existence Of The Biblical Phoenicians Who Flourished Above
The Coast Of Ancient Israel.
August 30, 2011 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
More Hideouts Within A Labyrinth Of Jewish Rebel Caves Have
Been Discovered In The Foothills Of Jerusalem. These Endless
Tunnel Systems Were Used To Hide From Roman Legions During
Two Jewish Revolts And Have Kept Israeli Archaeologists Busy
For Decades .
August 30, 2011 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
More Hideouts Within A Labyrinth Of Jewish Rebel Caves Have
Been Discovered In The Foothills Of Jerusalem. These Endless
Tunnel Systems Were Used To Hide From Roman Legions During
Two Jewish Revolts And Have Kept Israeli Archaeologists Busy
For Decades .
June 27, 2011 - TANIS, EGYPT
Hundreds Of Limestone Blocks Used In A Temple Thousands Of
Years Old Were Discovered At San El-Hagar or Tanis In The
Egyptian Nile Delta. This Was The Same Location For The
Raiders Of The Lost Ark Movie. The Inscriptions Were From
The Time Of Osorkon II Who Was A Pharaoh Of The 22nd Dynasty
of Ancient Egypt Who Ruled From 872–837 BC. During This Time
Ahab And Jehoshaphat Were Kings In Israel And Judah .
April 30, 2011 - OSTIA, ANTICA
Well Preserved 36 foot long Roman Ship Dating Back To The
Time Of Imperial Rome Discovered by Archaeologists Near
Ostia, A Harbor City of Ancient Rome .
Sep 20, 2010 - WEST BANK, ISRAEL
Wall Paintings Uncovered At The West Bank In Israel Shed
More Convincing Evidence Of The Tomb Of The Biblical King
Herod, Who Was Famous For His Construction Of The Second
Temple In Jerusalem.
Mar 30, 2010 - TEL HAZOR, ISRAEL
18th Century BC Cuneiform Tablet Discovered At Tel Hazor In
Israel That Is Similar To Hammurabi's Law Code. The Clay
Tablet Was Written In Akkadian Cuneiform. Its Recorded Laws
Are Similar to the Biblical "Eye For An Eye...Tooth For A
Tooth"
Mar 30, 2010 - CAIRO, EGYPT
Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover The Tomb of Queen
Hatshepsut’s Vizier (High Official) At Karnak. Queen
Hatshepsut Ruled Upper and Lower Egypt During The Time
Of The New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) 15th Century BC And Some
Scholars Believe She Was The Princess Who Drew Moses From
The Nile River.
Feb 23, 2010 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
A Team Of Israeli Archaeologists Discover A Wall Nearly 35
Feet Tall And 230 Feet Long In Israel From The Period Of
King Solomon And The First Temple Confirming The Bible Verse
In 1 Kings 3:1. Israeli Archaeologist Dr Eilat Mazar Said
"This is the first time a structure has been found that
could conform to descriptions of King Solomon's construction
in Jerusalem."
Feb 19, 2010 - TELL TAYINAT,
TURKEY
Archaeologists Discover An Ancient Temple In Turkey That Is
Mentioned In The Bible. The Temple was Destroyed By The
Assyrians In 738 BC. The Prophet Isaiah Warned The
Israelites That This Would Be Their Fate As Well If They Did
Not Turn Back And Follow The Lord.
Feb 19, 2010 - TELL AL-MUQAYYAR,
IRAQ
Treasures At The Site Of Ancient Ur Could Outshine The
Wondrous Treasures Of Egypt. Ur Was The Original Home Of
Abraham The First Hebrew. But Will Iraq Spend The Money To
Excavate Such Findings?
Feb 8, 2010 - JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL
Archaeological Discoveries In Jerusalem Are Stirring Up
Hostility More Than Ever Before, Especially Since The
Discoveries Clearly Point To An Accurate Account Of The
History Of Israel As Described In The Bible.
Feb 1, 2010 - TEL BET YERAH,
ISRAEL
Part Of A Royal Carved Stone Plaque From The First Dynasty
Of Egypt Dating Back To 3000 BC Was Unearthed On An Ancient
Trade Highway That Connected Egypt To The Rest Of The World.
Over 1000 Years Before Abraham, The First Hebrew, The
Discovery Was Found At The Northern Portion Of The Jordan
River Above Lake Kinneret. First Dynasty Egyptian Artifacts
Are Nearly Impossible To Find This Far North.
Jan 14, 2010
- CAIRO, EGYPT
New 4000 Year Old Burial Cave Reveals That The Great
Egyptian Pyramids At Giza Were Built By Paid Laborers And
Not Slaves As Was Previously Believed.
Dec 21, 2009 - NAZARETH, ISRAEL
Archaeologists Discover Artifacts And The Remains Of A Home
In Nazareth That Existed During The Time Of Jesus'
Childhood. Yardena Alexandre, Excavations Director At The
Israel Antiquities Authority Makes Some Interesting
Observations.
Nov 15, 2009 - TEL KABRI, ISRAEL
A Minoan Wall Painting Fron The Time Of Abraham was
Excavated Among the Ruins of A Canaanite Palace Located At
Tell Kabri In The Galilee Region Of Ancient Israel.
The Design Of The Aegean-Style Fresco Reveals That The
Ancient Canaanites Were Familiar With Euro-Mediterranean
Culture.
Nov 12, 2009 - TALL QABR, SYRIA
Spanish Archaeologists Discover The Ruins Of A 4500 Year Old
"Circular" City Located On The Banks Of The Euphrates River
At Tall Qabr, Near The Center of The Northernmost Section Of
The Fertile Crescent. The Trade City Was Part Of The Semitic
Kingdom Of Mari Where Over 25,000 Akkadian Tablets Have Been
Discovered Shedding Light On Hundreds of Ancient Cities. The
Inhabitants of Mari Worshipped Sumerian Deities Like Dagon,
Ishtar, and Shamash.
Oct 29, 2009 - TELL EL-DAB'A, EGYPT
Austrian Archaeologists Discover A Babylonian Seal Which
Confirms A Clear Link Between Babylonia And The Kingdom of
Hyskos In Egypt Around 1600 BC, The Time Of Moses And The
Exodus. This Discovery Brings Archaeologists Closer To
Answering The Big Question Of How A Weak Semitic Group Of
"Wanderers" Known As The Hyskos Could Have Conquered Egypt
Unless The Biblical Exodus Had Actually Happened.
Oct 2, 2009 - PORTUS, ITALY
Italian and British Archaeologists Excavate An Ancient "Mini" Colosseum
Near Rome At A Harbor Originally Built By The Emperor Nero
On The Tiber River. It Seated 2000 People, Compared to The
Colosseum In Rome (Flavian Amphitheatre) Which Could Seat
50,000 People. The Amphitheatre Was Thought To Have Been
Used For Entertainment By The More Elite "High Official"
Bloodthirsty Crowds. Many Christians Were Martyred In
Similar Colosseum's.
Sep 29, 2009 - ROME, ITALY
Nero's
Rotating Banqueting Hall Was Discovered Among The Ancient Ruins Of
His Golden Palace In Rome. The Palace Was Completed In 68
AD, The Same Year That The Deranged Nero Committed Suicide.
Nero Slaughtered Hundreds Of Christians, Whom He Had Falsely
Blamed For The Great Fire Of Rome In 64 AD, According to
Tacitus.
Sep 25, 2009 - EGYPT
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Coins Bearing The
Name And Portrait Of The Biblical Joseph. The Discovery Also
Sheds New Light On How Coins Were Used In Ancient Egypt.
Sep 23, 2009 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
A 2000 Year Old Ritual Immersion Bath Was Uncovered By
Archaeologists in Jerusalem. According to Experts The Bath (Mikveh)
was Used By Jewish Pilgrims Coming To Jerusalem To Purify
Themselves Before Entering The Temple In Jerusalem.
Sep 22, 2009 - TEL DOR, ISRAEL
Excavations at Tel Dor The famous Port City In Ancient
Israel Reveal An Amazing Discovery, A Gemstone From The
Hellenistic Period With The Portrait of Alexander The Great
Carved In Remarkable Detail.
Sep 15, 2009 - JUDEAN HILLS, ISRAEL
Israeli Archaeologists Discover Coins In A Cave Dating Back
To The Time Of The Jewish Revolt Against Rome Nearly 2000
Years Ago. The Cave Was A Hiding Place For Jewish Rebels
Resisting Roman Rule In Israel.
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Significant Dates of Archaeological Expeditions and
Discoveries
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Assyrian Tablets In The Holy
of Holies Of A 2,700-year Old Temple In Turkey Located At
The Ancient City of Calno Which Was Destroyed by
Tiglath-pileser III, The Same Assyrian King Who Ordered the
Destruction Of Israel Which Happened In 722 BC. Calno Was A
Hittite City Mentioned In The Bible (Isaiah 10:9) By The
Prophet Isaiah Who Prophesied Against The Assyrians And
Their Boasting of Having Destroyed Calno. Scholar's Conclude
"The destruction of the Luwian monuments and conversion of
the sacred precinct into an Assyrian religious complex may
represent the physical manifestation of this historic event
(Mentioned In Isaiah 10:9).”
Aug 6, 2009 - FALACRINE, ITALY
Archaeologists Discover the Birthplace of Emperor Titus
Vespasian in Rome. Titus Was the Able General That Nero
Chose to Put Down the Jewish Revolt in Jerusalem That Ended
with The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD.
The Triumphant Scene was Carved on the Arch of Titus and is
There to This Day. Titus Vespasian Also Began the Building
of The Great Colosseum Also Known as The Flavian
Amphitheatre.
-BBC News
Jul 24, 2009 - VENTOTENE ISLAND, ITALY
A 65 Foot Roman Ship Dating From The First Century Was
Discovered Along With 4 Other Large Ancient Roman Trading
Vessels Who All Sank During Violent Storms While Heading For
Safety At The Remote Island of Pandataria in the Bay of
Naples Near Rome. The Ships Were Found Using Sonar
Technology and Are "Well Preserved Lying In Their Original
Positions." -PhysOrg
Jul 20, 2009 - ELAH VALLEY, ISRAEL
Archaeologists Have Unearthed The Site In The Elah Valley
Where The Famous Battle Took Place Between David And
Goliath. The Findings Conclude That They Have Found The 10th
Century BC Biblical City of Sha'arayim, Hebrew for "Two
Gates.” The Findings Also Provide Evidence That David Ruled
From Jerusalem.
Jul 6, 2009 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Massive Limestone Quarry Discovered in Jerusalem Positively
Identified with Herod's Famous First Century BC Herculean
Building Projects Including the Second Temple. Many of the
Thousands of Stones
Gathered from this Quarry Were Higher than a 6-Foot Tall Man
& Weighing Over 5-Tons Each.
Jun 23, 2009 - JORDAN VALLEY, ISRAEL
"Wolves and Hyenas" Guard the Entrance to the largest
Artificial Cave Ever Discovered in Israel. The Giant
Underground Quarry Was Found In the Jordan Valley Near the
Site of Ancient Jericho and is Believed to Have Been A
Secret Gathering Place for First Century Christians
Jun 22, 2009 - BETHLEHEM, ISRAEL
Workers Accidently Uncover A 4,000 Year Old Tomb Near
Jerusalem Dating Over a Century Earlier than Abraham, The
First Hebrew. The Find Reveals Burial Customs and Life In
Ancient Canaan Before the Migration of the Hebrews.
Apr 27, 2009 - SINAI PENINSULA, EGYPT
Archaeologists Discover
An Impressive Egyptian Temple in Northern Sinai Which Once
Guarded the Entrance Into Egypt From Canaan and the East.
Egyptian Authorities Date the Find to the Period of Thutmose
II who Reigned Close to a Century Before the Time of the
Biblical Moses and While the Hebrews Were Slaves In Egypt.
The Once Colorful 30 x 40 Meter Temple Was Made of Mud and
Brick.
Apr 10, 2009 - BETH-SHEMESH, ISRAEL
A Decorative Plaque Was Discovered in Israel Which Some
Scholars Believe to Be That of a Female Canaanite King and
Possibly the Mysterious Mistress of the Lionesses. Around
1350 BC Several Canaanite Kings Sent Clay Tablets to the
Egyptian Pharaoh Requesting Military Help From Nomadic
Marauders Known as the Habiru. Of the 382 Tablets That Have
Been Found, Two Were Signed With the Feminine Epithet
"Mistress of the Lionesses." According to Israeli
Archaeologist Zvi Lederman, "The Mistress Complained to the
Egyptian Court That the Habiru Were Around and that her City
was in Danger."
-National Geographic
Archaeologists Discover What They Believe to Be the Site of
Gilgal, A City in Ancient Israel Mentioned often in The
Bible. There are Also Indications That it Was "built by the
Israelites when they first entered the Land of Canaan."
Mar 27, 2009 - CYPRUS, GREECE
Archaeologist Claims that Her Excavations on the Island of
Cyprus are the Ruins of an Ancient Monotheistic Canaanite
Temple With a Peculiar Shape, Dating Back to the Time of the
Biblical Abraham -Fox News
Mar 6, 2009 - KELAR MOUND, N. IRAN
Archaeologists Detect A New Substance In This Ancient
Pottery Discovery In Iran Dating To The Iron Age (1000 BC),
The Clay Pots Contained 95% Lead
Mar 2, 2009 - AL GHARBIA, ARABIAN PENINSULA
A Cylinder Seal From Early Mesopotamia Was Found Far
Away In The Arabian Desert. The Find Dates Back To What
Scholars Call "The Jemdet Nasr Period" and What Biblical
Archaeologists Call "The Period of the Flood" -Khaleej Times
Feb 23, 2009 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Another Jerusalem Temple Proof Unearthed Though The
Palestinian Authority 'Steadfastly" Denies That Any
Jerusalem Temples Ever Existed
Feb 23, 2009 - ISRAEL
In Israel All Residential Construction Requires Approval by
Israeli Archaeologists So No Stone Goes Unturned, But
Underneath This Home Inspectors Found Seal Impressions From
The Reign Of King Hezekiah
Feb 20, 2009 - AEGEAN SEA, TURKEY
50 Tons of Marble Was Discovered On This 2000 Year Old
Shipwreck Destined For Rome's First Emperor Augustus's
Sacred Project, The Temple of Apollo. Augustus Was The
Emperor of Rome Mentioned In The Bible Who Ordered the
Census That Brought Joseph And Mary To Their Ancestral
Birthplaces, They Were Both From The City Of Bethlehem.
Feb 11, 2009 - EGYPT
"Best Preserved Mummy" Discovered 15 Miles South of Cairo,
Egypt, The Storeroom of Mummies Date Back to the 26th
Dynasty (640 BC), The Last Native Dynasty of Egypt Before
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon and Cambyses II of Persia Sent
The Kingdom of Egypt Into A Permanent Decline
Dec 25, 2008 - EGYPT
Archaeologists Uncover in Egypt The Bust of Amenhotep III
Who Lived Shortly After The Hebrew Exodus, He Was The Father
Of Akhenaten Who Was A Chief Proponent Of Monotheism In
Ancient Egypt. -Haaretz
Daily
Newly Released Photo and Map
Nov 19, 2008 - HERODIUM MOUND, ISRAEL
Further Excavations At The Herodium Mound Indicate King
Herod's Love For Theatre, Among The New Finds are A "Balcony
And Viewing Box." Herod The Great Was Mentioned In The Bible
As A Psycotic Ruler Who Heard of The Birth of A Jewish
Messiah and Ordered The Death Of All Infants In Bethlehem,
He was known in History as One of The Greatest Architects In
The Roman Empire Period."
Nov 11, 2008 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
2000 Year Old Gold Pearl Earring Sheds Light and Life To
Women in Ancient Jerusalem
Nov 3, 2008 - ELAH
FORTRESS, ISRAEL
3000 Year Old Piece of Pottery Discovered Dating Back to The
Kingdom Of David and With Oldest Hebrew Text To Confirm. The
Pot Shard Was Found Above The Hillside Where David Was Said
To Have Fought Goliath
Sep 3, 2008 - ISRAEL
Diggers in Israel Find Part of The Wall Of Ancient Jerusalem
Aug 3, 2008 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
A Seal Was Discovered Dating From Old Testament Times of Jeremiah The
Prophet. Ancient Seals Were Used to Make Impressions In
Clay, They Usually Contained Symbols or Figures Which Were
Engraved On The Seal.
Dec 10, 2007 - JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL
Israeli Archaeologists Uncover The Mansion Of Queen Helena
In An Unexpected Place For A Wealthy Woman Living In
Jerusalem 2000 Years Ago, She Was Also A Contemporary Of
Jesus
Sep 10, 2007 - JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL
Israeli Archaeologists Locate A Tunnel Of Terror For Fleeing
From The Bloodthirsty Roman Legions In 70 AD
May 10, 2007 - ISRAEL
Israeli Archaeologists Discover the Tomb of Herod the Great
Whom Caesar and The Roman Senate Called "King of the Jews",
He Was In Power When Jesus Was Born
Heart
Message Archaeology
Fallen Empires
http://www.bible-history.com/biblehistoryonline_fallenempires.php
A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?"
Archaeology provides one of the many sober reminders that we are not eternal.
As we see history's graveyard, it's like viewing the tombstone of an empire.
"Here lies the once proud Assyrian Empire who ruled many and feared none"
As you watch the video provided by a thoughtful soldier in Iraq taking a
moment to tour the ruins of Nineveh, the once mighty capital of the Mesopotamian
Fertile Crescent, try to imagine life there and the surrounding countryside.
How many people saw the powerful Nineveh gates as a part of their daily scenery?
The gates were just always there, part of the skyline, taken for granted,
testifying to the King's authority and glory.
What was it like for the rulers? They enjoyed that eternal feeling that
we all have while we are young and strong. Living in grandeur and
exercising power over a kingdom of peoples they enjoyed all that life could
provide.
King Sennacherib would have moved through these gates on his way to confront
the humble nation of Judah and King Hezekiah who Sennacherib said he had trapped
in Jerusalem like a "caged bird". Little did he know that he alone
would be confronted by God Himself!
If he could have experienced a terrifying dream of a Humvee with soldiers
carrying M-16's driving upon the ruins of his empire, contemplating the lessons
of their fallen empire, he might have gained that perspective that his life was
finite, his empire would one day fall, and his only hope was in humbly seeking a
relationship with the God of heaven. The same lesson that each of us today has
to learn. As happened to every empire uncovered by the spade, will also
happen to each of us. All that is left in the end is our relationship with
God and what we have wrought for His kingdom. The only thing we can take
beyond the grave are the others we have served by feeding them the Word of God.I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun,
Top
Archaeological Discoveries In Biblical
History (More to
Come)
The Tel
Dan Stele
Israeli Archaeologist Avraham Biran Uncovers A 9th Century
BC Stone Containing An Inscription Bearing The Words "The
House Of David", A Testimony To The Biblical Kind David And
The Dynasty That He Established In Israel
The
Pontius Pilate Stone
Archaeologists Uncover A Stone Bearing A Dedicatory
Inscription To Tiberius Caesar From The Roman Prefect Of
Judea, "Pontius Pilate", The Stone Was Discovered Among The
Ruins Of Caesarea Maritima on The Coast of Israel, One Of
The Most Famous Harbors Of The Ancient World
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Bedouin Shepherds Accidentally Discover Scrolls In Caves At
Qumran On The Northwestern Shores Of The Dead Sea. The
Leather, Papyrus, And Copper Scrolls Prove To Be Hebrew
Manuscripts Pushing The Date Of The Complete Hebrew Bible
Back Hundreds Of Years BC.
Sennacherib's Prism
A Clay Prism Was Discovered By Archaeologists And
Brought Back To The University Of Chicago. The Hexagonal
Prism Records Assyrian King Sennacherib's Military
Campaigns Including His War Campaign Against King Hezekiah
Whom He Claimed To Have Imprisoned Within His Own Royal City
(Jerusalem) Like A "Caged Bird". The Prism Also Records
Sennacherib's Miraculous Defeat
Nimrud Discovered
Nimrud, The Capital City Of The Believed Mythical Nation In
The Bible Assyria Has Been Discovered By British
Archaeologist Austin Henry Layard, Unearthing Not Only
Monuments and Palaces, But The Entire City
Colossal Winged Bull From
Palace of Sargon Discovered
Massive 16 Ton Human Headed Winged Bull Discovered by French
Archaeologist Paul Emile Botta from the Palace of Sargon at
Khorsabad. It Was Too Heavy to Move, Between the Legs were
Listed Sargon's titles, ancestry and achievements
Timelines and Dates -
Ancient Assyria
Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigneth
Psalms 56:10
- In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his
word
Psalms 90:17
- And let the beauty of the LORD
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