‘Cultic’ Temple, 10,000-Year-Old House Found in Israel. By Megan Gannon 11-25-13

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‘Cultic’ Temple, 10,000-Year-Old House Found in Israel. By Megan Gannon 11-25-13

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 | No Comments

‘Cultic’ Temple, 10,000-Year-Old House Found in Israel. By Megan Gannon 11-25-13 link to original article This image shows the 10,000-year-old house, the oldest dwelling to be unearthed to date in the Judean … Archaeologists say they’ve uncovered some stunning finds while digging at a construction site in Israel, including stone axes, a “cultic” temple and traces […]

11-22-13. Oldest Royal Wine Cellar Uncorked in Israel. By Stephanie Pappas

By Kevin Jesmer on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 | No Comments

Oldest Royal Wine Cellar Uncorked in Israel By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer These 3,700-year-old jars were discovered in an ancient palatial wine cellar unearthed by researchers … Link to original article Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known palatial wine cellar in the Middle East at a site in Israel. The storage room stocked at least 3,000 […]

Ancient City Discovered Beneath Biblical-Era Ruins in Israel by Tia Ghose, 11/18/13

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, November 18th, 2013 | No Comments

Ancient City Discovered Beneath Biblical-Era Ruins in Israel By Tia Ghose, 11/18/13 Link to original article Burned ruins and fired mudbrick collapse, as well as smashed pottery, reveal the late Bronze Age destruction … Archaeologists have unearthed traces of a previously unknown, 14th-century Canaanite city buried underneath the ruins of another city in Israel. The […]

Ancient Magician’s Curse Tablet Discovered in Jerusalem. By Owen Jarus

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 | No Comments

Ancient Magician’s Curse Tablet Discovered in Jerusalem. By Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor (P.s. I added this article because it gives glimpse of the world in which the early church operated. There is even a mention of a Gnostic god.) Link to original article Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists excavated a 1,700-year-old curse tablet from a […]

Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq 9-30-13

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 | No Comments

Ancient Kingdom Discovered Beneath Mound in Iraq By Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor 9-30-13 Link to original article A domestic structure, with at least two rooms, that may date to relatively late in the life of the newfound … In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden […]

Biblical-Era Town Discovered Along Sea of Galilee – By Owen Jarus

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 | No Comments

Biblical-Era Town Discovered Along Sea of Galilee link to the original article By Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor 9-17-13 .View gallery . A town dating back more than 2,000 years has been discovered on the northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee, in Israel’s Ginosar valley. The ancient town may be Dalmanutha (also spelled Dalmanoutha), described […]

Animal Sacrifice Powered Ancient Jerusalem’s Economy by Tia Ghose

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, September 5th, 2013 | No Comments

Animal Sacrifice Powered Ancient Jerusalem’s Economy By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer for Live Science post on Yahoo 9-3-13 Link to original article Pilgrims came from hundreds of miles away to sacrifice animals at an ancient temple in Jerusalem, new research suggests. An analysis of bones found in an ancient dump in the city dating back […]

Ancient Bowl With Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Biblical City 8/21/13

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 | No Comments

Ancient Bowl With Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Biblical City Link to original article By Denise Chow, Staff Writer Live Science A ceramic bowl shard with a 2,700-year-old inscription. The bowl was found during an archaeological excavation … An archaeological dig in the City of David, an ancient site in Jerusalem, uncovered shards of pottery, clay lamps, figurines […]

King David-Era Palace Found in Israel, Archaeologists Say

By Kevin Jesmer on Saturday, July 20th, 2013 | No Comments

KingDavid-EraPalace Found in Israel, Archaeologists Say Link to original article 7-20-13 by Megan Gannon, News Editor This aerial picture shows David’s palace and the Byzantine farmhouse that was build on top of it. Archaeologists say they’ve uncovered two royal buildings from Israel’s biblical past, including a palace suspected to have belonged to King David. […]

Ancient Inscription From King Solomon’s Time Unearthed

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 | No Comments

Ancient Inscription From King Solomon’s Time Unearthed Link to original article A shard of pottery unearthed near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem bears an inscription that dates to the 10th century B.C. The inscription is the oldest alphabetic text found in Jerusalem and predates the earliest found Hebrew inscription in the region by 250 years. […]

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