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The largest ancient quarry ever discovered in Jerusalem has been revealed by archaeologists. The excavation site in Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim industrial area spans 3,500-square meters and reveals just a small portion of the massive quarry. Archaeologists have dated the quarry around the Second Temple Era and believe many of the large slabs of stone were…

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Archaeologists have revealed secrets of a biblical city that sat within the “Promised Land,” where the Israelites settled after Moses led them out of Egypt. The Israeli Antiquities Authority recently shared their findings from Zanoah, which is mentioned in the Old Testament, revealing stone walls, pottery, and other artifacts that date back more than 3,200…

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Torreya State Park is nestled in Florida’s northern panhandle, created in the 1930s as a nature preserve, but some say it houses a historical site of biblical proportions. One Baptist minister and former lawyer maintained for decades that this wilderness retreat was the literal site of the Garden of Eden from the Bible’s Book of…

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Researchers at four Israeli universities have corroborated the occurrence of an event described in the Bible’s second book of Kings, the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, King Aram, using a “breakthrough” technology based on measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks. The discovery, achieved by scientists from Tel Aviv University,…

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Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born, has officially canceled Christmas for the first time in years due to the Israel war massacre. The town has announced that the usual decorations for the city will be taken down, and the typical celebrations won’t take place “in honor of the martyrs and in solidarity with our…

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