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Researchers have confirmed that the Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, contains references to King David of the Bible. The stele is a basalt stone slab that was discovered originally in 1868, east of the Dead Sea. A missionary named F.A. Klein had found the stone, which piqued the interest of scholar Charles Clemont-Ganneau, who sent…

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Archaeologists recently uncovered Christian prayer beads dating from the eighth to ninth century on an ancient island in the United Kingdom known as “Holy Island” and say the discovery will give an insight into how people in medieval Britain lived and expressed their faith. The beads, made from salmon vertebrae, were found clustered around the…

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A team of Biblical archaeologists declared their discovery of the holy mountain site.

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A 3D scan shape of a boat found by researchers reportedly matches the Biblical description of Noah’s Ark.

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Ken Dark, an archaeologist out of the United Kingdom, studied the remains of a home found in Nazareth, Israel. He thinks the home could have been owned by Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. Dark, a professor of archaeology and history at the University of Reading, said that there is a “strong case to be made”…

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