The Bible & Archeology

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  1. 3. In 1867, explorer Charles Warren discovered a vertical shaft cut through bedrock allowing the people of Jerusalem to reach the waters of the Gihon Spring from behind the city walls.Crucified Man at Givat Hamivtar
  2. 7. A set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple.
  3. 9. The list of the spoils of war brought back to Karnak Temple corroborates the biblical account of the seizure of wealth from the Temple by Shishak. This archaeological evidence validates the historical accuracy of the biblical description of Shishak’s actions during his campaign against Judah.
  4. 10. The Nazareth Inscription is a marble tablet inscribed in Greek with an edict from Caesar Augustus ordering capital punishment for anyone caught robbing or destroying tombs.
  5. 11. The ornate limestone box or ossuary, containing the name and bones of Caiaphas the High Priest in Jerusalem who presided over the trial of Jesus (Matthew 26:57-67).
  6. 12. Remains of the First Century Jewish synagogue where Jesus spoke and performed a miracle has been excavated. The synagogue also marks the beginning of His public ministry.
  7. 13. Texts A most important find at Ugarit are hundreds of texts discovered in the palace and temple areas. More than 1,500 of those tablets have been published. Ugarit reached its height in the fifteenth to thirteenth centuries BC, the period in which written literature at the site flourished.
  8. 15. Source of information about the Palestine religion.
  9. 17. 1979, Israeli archaeologist Gabriel Barkay was excavating a burial cave at Ketef Hinnom, just southwest of Jerusalem
  10. 18. The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact, dated to the 6th century BCE, housed at the British Museum in London. The cylinder features an inscription with a declaration attributed to King Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great.
  11. 19. Remains of an archway which connected a monumental staircase going into the Jerusalem’s Temple platform during the Second Temple period. It was a major entry point to the Temple mount platform, and would have very likely been used by Jesus and His followers.
  12. 20. Floor tiles which adorned the the courtyard of the Jewish Temple during the time of Jesus, and its surrounding buildings have recently been restored and revealed by scholars in Jerusalem.
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  1. 1. Hezekiah’s Tunnel is also called the Siloam Tunnel, hence the Siloam Inscription. The tunnel exits into the Pool of Siloam, discovered in Jerusalem in 2004. The discovery of the actual pool reinforces the authenticity of the biblical account in the Old and New Testaments.
  2. 2. Archaeologists have identified layers of destruction within the city’s ruins, indicating that Jericho experienced violent destruction around the time traditionally associated with Joshua’s conquest.
  3. 4. Starkey unearthed eighteen ostraca in the burnt debris of a guardroom between the inner and outer gates of the city. An ostracon is an inscription written in ink on pottery sherds. Most of the ostraca were correspondence, although a few were lists of nammesh
  4. 5. The cross consisted of two parts: the upright bar, called the stipes crucis, and the horizontal bar, called the patibulum. The crucified man was placed with his back over the stipes crucis, and his hands were nailed to the patibulum. According to archaeologists, the nails must have been driven through the wrist because the palms could not have supported the man’s weight.
  5. 6. Tel Da uncovered an inscription with the word BYTDWD ourial cave at Ketef Hinnom, just southwest of Jerusalem
  6. 8. In 1868, a missionary in Jerusalem found a stone tablet for sale that appeared to be from ancient times.
  7. 14. In 1961 an inscription containing the name of ‘Pontius Pilate’ was discovered by Italian archaeologists working at Caesarea Maritima (Israel) while excavating a Roman amphitheater. In 1961 an inscription containing the name of ‘Pontius Pilate’ was discovered by Italian archaeologists working at Caesarea Maritima (Israel) while excavating a Roman amphitheater.
  8. 16. In 1872, George Smith announced he had discovered an Assyrian account of a flood among tablets stored in the British Museum from excavations of mid-seventh-century-BC Nineveh.