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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…

Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel has sent over the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC to be on display for nine months. The Mosaic was found in one of the oldest-known Christian prayer halls in the area, after it was discovered in 2005 underneath a maximum-security prison that had been built over the site…

Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Egyptologists have revealed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old bronze sword that may be linked to the Pharoah typically believed to have enslaved the Israelites, as told in the book of Exodus. The sword bears the mark of Pharoah Ramesses II and was discovered in a site labeled Tell Al-Abqain in Housh Eissa, a city just…

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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have announced the discovery of an ancient and rare 2,700-year-old seal found near the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The seal is made of black stone, with the inscription “Le Yehoʼezer ben Hoshʼayahu,” or “For Yeho’ezer son of Hosh’ayahu.” The inscription is written backwards so…

Israel Antiquities Authority
An excavation of a drainage channel by archaeologists in Jerusalem has led to the uncovering of 2,000-year-old relics dating from the days of Christ. The excavation was being overseen by the Israel Authorities Antiquity (IAA), with the channel running underneath the length of the City of David. The archaeologists uncovered a number of dishes and…

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