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We now offer an absolutely free Christian Journalism Course!! Did you always wanted to be a writer but did not know how to do it? Do not worry! Here are 25 lessons written by Dr. Johnson C. Philip, the successful author of more than 70 books, reference books, Bible dictionaries, Encyclopedias and also the Chief...
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It is an exciting time to be alive. All around us we see amazing things that man has accomplished and some new tools have informed us about features of the cosmos and the world around us that are incredible. Each new discovery and accomplishment that is made opens new...
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Many of us as a child enjoyed a toy called a gyroscope. It was a small spoked wheel in a round frame. The wheel was spoked and fairly heavy, and it had a hole drilled in the axle that a string went through. You wound up the string by winding the gyroscope wheel backward...
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One of the sites that is always visited by the Diggings tour is the Colossi of Memnon, two huge statues that sit alone in the plain on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor.
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The excavations at Tel Mardikh in syria, 60 km south of Aleppo, were sensational, proving that this was the ancient Ebla. From previous inscriptions, scholars had assued that Ebla was an insignificant town in antiquity. Now Ebla is known to have been a large city of great political importance.
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In previous issued of Diggings we have spoken of the work of Franck Goddio, who has been exploring the murky waters off Alexandria. We have mentioned his discovery of the remains of the Pharos, the famous lighthouse that guided shipping into the harbour; we have also spoken of his discovery of Cleopatra’s palace, long...
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Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings has been a bit of a mystery ever since it was discovered in 1907. The tomb had been badly damaged by flood water and its sole occupant was a wooden sarcophagus lying on the floor, its lid split in two by a piece of rock that...
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Note: the first article in the list of contents is a personal account by the editor of some unusual places he went to while the Diggings tour was being cared for by assistant editor David Coltheart. It is a fascinating article, but unfortunately too long to be e-mailed – and in any case, the...
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Foreigners are a nuisence: not only do they persist in such anti-social behaviours as eating too much garlic, driving on the wrong side of the road and wilfully refusing to speak English (or, if they do, to speak it properly) but they also have different money and you never know, when you arrive in...
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Dating is one of the banes of an archaeologist’s life and work, mainly because of the various (and unsatisfactory) dating methods used by the people of antiquity. These suffered from two major flaws: in the first place most calendars were lunar rather than solar, and they were calculated according to the reign of the...
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