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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently released a statement on its Facebook announcing the discovery of an “extremely rare” oil lamp found near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. “A rare ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman period, decorated with depictions of the Temple menorah, incense shovel and lulav (date palm branch used in…

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Sotheby’s has announced it will be auctioning off the oldest-known stone carving of the Ten Commandments. The carving is 115-pounds, two-foot tall and made from marble. It is approximately 1,500 years old and inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew. In was discovered in 1913 along the southern coast of Israel. For the next thirty years, it was used…

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Archaeologists are highlighting the mysterious boat-shaped remains along the Turkey-Iran border that some believe could be the remnants of Noah’s ark. The Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Research Team has used new technology to analyze the soil of the Durupinar formation, just two miles from the border. The team includes researchers from the Istanbul Technical…

Armenian-German Artaxata Project
A joint group of researchers has unveiled the discovery of what could be one of the world’s earliest Christian churches. A group of Armenian and German researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster in Germany revealed finding a previously unknown Christian church in the city of Artaxata, near…

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Indiana Jones may have been right as archaeologists uncovered 12 skeletal remains and a “Holy Grail” chalice in Petra, Jordan. The discovery was made in underground chambers in the Khaznah, which means, “The Treasury,” a site that was filmed in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” where the titular adventurer goes in search of the…
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