Archaeology

“Israeli paratroopers and archaeologists announced Wednesday that they unearthed the remains of a 2,700-year-old watchtower at an undisclosed location in southern Israel.

“The find of 10th-century BCE fortifications of Lachish supports the Bible but not all archaeologists are convinced. …Traditionalists, also referred to as maximalists, claim the Biblical descriptions of a complex and powerful Davidic Kingdom based in Judea in the 10th-century BCE are accurate.

Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Town Connected to Abraham - Christian Headlines

A clay seal impression: “’(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King’ (LeNathan-Melech Eved HaMelech). Nathan-Melech is named in 2 Kings as an official in the court of King Josiah.” - Times of Israel

“Each year, on an almost daily basis, archaeological discoveries help us better understand the Bible and affirm its details about people, events, and culture.” - CToday

“When the half-shekel tax was brought to the Temple during the First Temple period, there were no coins, so they used silver ingots. In order to calculate the weight of these silver pieces they would put them on one side of the scales and on the other side they placed the Beka weight.” - Christian Headlines

“The Museum of the Bible said Monday that five of its 16 famous Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake. … The fragments will no longer be displayed at the museum.” - NPR

“A message from one of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls may contain a clue to help Bible scholars reconstruct the chronology of Jesus’ final week on earth.” BPNews

“Professor Jonathan Ben-Dov and Dr. Eshbal Ratson of Haifa University pieced together disparate scroll sections over one year to decipher their composite meaning.” WRN

“Israeli archaeologists working for Israel Antiquities Authority dug up an ancient artifact, a clay seal dating back 2,700 years, in Jerusalem’s Old City . This artifact may have belonged to the city’s governor during the First Temple period.” WRN