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What the ground has given up

Inscriptions, excavations, manuscripts and the quiet re-readings of old finds. Every entry says plainly how solid the claim is — because a discovery that turns out to be nothing is still worth knowing about, and pretending otherwise is how trust gets spent.

14 entries

GREECETURKEYCYPRUSSYRIALEBANONISRAELJORDANEGYPTMonumental Dam from Time of Biblical Kings Uncovered (Confirmed)Ancient Tunnel Discovered Near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem (Claimed)First Assyrian Inscription Found in Jerusalem (Confirmed)Durupinar: The Recurring Noah's Ark Claim (Claimed)The Royal Seal Impression of King Hezekiah (Confirmed)Inscription Links Sergius Paulus to Pisidian Antioch, Shedding Light on Paul's Route (Contested)1,300-year-old industrial hub uncovered during bus terminal construction in Ramat Gan (Confirmed)The Pilate Stone (Confirmed)The Pool of Siloam Opened for Full Excavation (Confirmed)Seal Impression of Yeda’yah Son of Asayahu Found in Temple Mount Sifting (Claimed)Tel Dan Stele (Confirmed)The Arad Ostraca: Administrative Letters from Judah's Final Decades (Confirmed)The Gezer Calendar: An Israelite Almanac or a Writing Exercise? (Confirmed)
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Crowded finds are nudged apart so each can be clicked, with a hairline running from the pin to where the find actually is. Zoom in and they settle onto the findspot itself. 1 find is not shown — it has no coordinates, or sits outside this window.

  • Credibility: Contested

    Inscription Links Sergius Paulus to Pisidian Antioch, Shedding Light on Paul's Route

    An honorific inscription in the Yalvaç Museum (ancient Pisidian Antioch) mentions the Paulli family and L. Sergius Paulus, likely the proconsul of Cyprus who converted in Acts 13. This supports the idea that Paul and Barnabas traveled to Pisidian Antioch because of a connection with Sergius Paulus, possibly with a letter of recommendation. The find helps explain Paul's otherwise puzzling detour through rugged mountains.

    Yalvaç Museum (ancient Pisidian Antioch)1st century AD (Roman period)Inscription

A brass compass and pocket watch resting on aged paper

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