Sections of the earliest phase of the Shiloah Pool are being uncovered next to the city wall and below the staircase of the Shiloah Pool dating to the Second Temple period. These remains, which probably date to the time of the First Temple, are mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah (3:15): "And he built the […]
CAIRO, August 09 — Egypt announced that remnants of an ancient church and some other archaeological finds have been unearthed in the Red Sea area. The mud brick foundations of the church were discovered under the Apostles Church, which dates back to the 15th century and is considered one of the key churches of Anba […]
Workers repairing a sewage pipe in the old city of Jerusalem have discovered the biblical Pool of Siloam, a freshwater reservoir that was a major gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages to the city and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from birth, according to the Gospel of John. The […]
JERUSALEM An Israeli archaeologist says she has uncovered in East Jerusalem what she believes may be the fabled palace of the biblical King David. Her work has been sponsored by the Shalem Center, a neoconservative think tank in Jerusalem, and funded by an American Jewish investment banker who would like to help provide scientific support […]
Newswise — In an unusual collaboration among scientists and humanists, a Cornell University team has demonstrated a novel method for recovering faded text on ancient stone by zapping and mapping 2,000 year old inscriptions using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) imaging. The research, carried out at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), applies a nondestructive chemical […]
JERUSALEM — A secretive encounter with a Bedouin in a desert valley led to the discovery of two fragments from a nearly 2,000-year-old parchment scroll — the first such finding in decades, an Israeli archeologist said yesterday. The finding has given rise to hope that the Judean Desert may yield more treasures, said Chanan Eshel, […]
DOBI, Turkey (BP)–Following are journal entries from two men in search of Noah’s Ark. CHUCK: We have to be at the Ankara airport before 3:20 a.m. to catch our international flight to Amsterdam. The roads are under construction in some places, and it is hard to maintain top speed. Not to mention that the little […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Some people express grave reservations about Ron Wyatt’s "discovery" of Noah’s Ark. There are those who challenge Wyatt’s claims concerning Noah’s Ark because of other controversial discoveries he claimed to have made. Wyatt said he found the actual spot where Moses and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea and that he located the […]
