Archaeology does it again! In the Elah Valley Israeli archaeologists have verified the discovery of the village of Khirbet Qeiyafa as the ancient site where David, the young shepherd boy, prepared to enter the valley and battle the Philistine giant, Goliath. “I can’t ignore the biblical text and I cannot ignore archaeology,” says Professor Yosef Garfinkle, professor at Hebrew University and leader of […]
Bible Exploration 1
In 2004, anticipating a prison expansion at the Megiddo prison, officials discovered the remains of a mosaic from a 3rd century church. Expansion efforts stopped as archaeologists began the protracted process of uncovering the ancient floor. Extended excavations have uncovered three Greek inscriptions, including one that reads, “to the God Jesus Christ.” When the discovery […]