Celtic Cannibalism
When the sun is shining, the wooded banks of the Menai Strait between Wales and the island of Anglesey, are a most attractive spot. Brightly colour canoeists...
David And Solomon
November 12, 2001, saw the 40th anniversary meeting of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, held in the British Museum. The guest lecturer was Professor...
Herodotus and the Bible
Wayne JacksonChristian Courier: Archives, Wednesday, June 21, 200 Herodotus was a Greek historian of the 5th century B.C. It is believed that he lived...
THE EGYPTIAN BLONDE
One of the most evocative objects on display in the Petrie Museum in London is a head of curly, blonde hair. At first sight one’s impression is that this is a...
Digging In The Caves Of Mareshah
The people who lived at Mareshah were artistic, industrious and ingenious – and many of them lived in caves. During the Old Testament period the residents of...
Beach Parties
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The Origin Of Archeology
Dr. Johnson C. Philip Archeology is the science of discovering the history, culture, and remains of the older civilizations. Many people shudder at the name...
Biblical Insights From Archaeology
By Ferrell Jenkins Because the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek it is necessary that someone translate it into English and other languages so that it can...
The Christian Canon
Don Closson The Early Church Fathers Some Christians are unnerved by the fact that nowhere does God itemize the sixty-six books that are to be included in the...
Archaeology and the New Testament
Archaeology and the New Testament Pat Zukeran There is an ongoing debate among scholars regarding the historical accuracy of the Bible. Some feel that the...
The Tower of Babel (2/3)
The Tower of Babel: Outside The Bible Archaeological evidence proves that the Bible’s description of the tower of Babel is historically accurate on the...
Importance Of Inscriptions In Archeology
Dr. Johnson C. Philip Archeology depends upon artifacts discovered from the ancient worlds for its task of reconstruction. It must never be forgotten that...
The Case for Christ
Ray Bohlin Sometimes the Evidence Doesn't Stack Up Skeptics around the world claim that Jesus either never said He was God or He never exemplified the...
Biblical Archeology Course 4, Lesson 4
The city of Ekron (Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן ʿeqrōn, also transliterated Accaron) was one of the five cities of the famed Philistine ‘pentapolis,’ located in...
MAPPING ALEXANDRIA’S HARBOUR
In previous issued of Diggings we have spoken of the work of Franck Goddio, who has been exploring the murky waters off Alexandria. We have mentioned his...
Biblical Archaeology in the British Museum
The British Museum has recently opened a permanent exhibition of Biblical archaeology where items from the Lebanon and Palestine are displayed. The new...
Where Did the Temples Go?
Pula, in Istria, has a splendid collection of Roman remains – the Zlatna Vrata or Golden Gate, the sixth largest amphitheatre in the world, several splendid...
Romulus and Remus Redated
Diggings has, in a previous issue, reported on the rennovations being carried out to the magnificent bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius. Most of Rome’s famous...
The Wealth Of Croesus
Some years ago I toured the Seven Churches of Asia, the seven churches referred to in the first three chapters of St John’s Apocalypse. Ephesus and Pergamon...
The First Marathon
The tangled story of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians is too complex to be described here. Let us start, however, with the Athenian raid on...
Egyptian Massage Parlour
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American School Of Oriental Research
The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem is the oldest...
Cutting Granite like Cheese
Whenever the Diggings tour visits the granite quarries at Aswan, I marvel at the way in which the ancient Egyptians carved up the mountains as if they were...
Palestine Exploration Fund
The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web The purpose of the PEF was (and is) to promote research into the archaeology and...