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Archaeology is a fast-growing science  which aims at studying the history and sociology of man in the past. This is done by uncovering remains of ancient buildings, art, inscriptions, and any kind of artifact which would throw light on the life, manners and customs of the cultures in the past.
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Pompeji – General view and Vesuvius One of the most innovative museum exhibitions of which I have heard is currently touring Canada and will later move on to China and Japan. It presents the archaeologist in his role of Sherlock Holmes, using his discoveries to piece together the human stories associated with them.
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In the latter part of the 1800s, when the French and Italians were building their empires in north Africa, they became aware of the importance of the ruins with which they were surrounded. Unfortunately this awareness was not always intelligent and there are ample records of Roman buildings being demolished so that their stones...
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Wayne JacksonChristian Courier The city of Hazor lay almost nine miles north of the Sea of Galilee. During the time of Joshua, it was a Canaanite stronghold in northern Palestine. During the conquest of Canaan, as Joshua marched his army northward, he was confronted by a coalition of forces under the leadership of Jabin, king...
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Ancient Egyptians, concerned for their well-being in the afterlife, commonly erected statues of themselves in their tombs which could serve as substitute bodies if anything should happen to their embalmed corpses. Chephren, builder of the second-largest pyramid at Gizeh, took this to extravagent lengths, putting a dozen or so statues of himself in his...
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Jim Sasser To be divinely inspired, a book must be historically accurate.  For if its credibility cannot be established on the basis of known events, it certainly cannot be relied upon as an adequate guide in matters beyond our ability to check.  On the other hand, if we can demonstrate that such a...
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Herodotus and the BibleWayne Jackson, Christian Courier Herodotus was a Greek historian of the 5th century B.C. It is believed that he lived approximately 484-425 B.C. For a number of years he traveled throughout the Persian empire, Egypt, and Scythia observing the culture of these ancient peoples. In his later life, Herodotus lived in Athens,...
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The New Testament:Can I Trust It?By Rusty and Linda Wright “How can any well-educated person believe the New Testament? It was written so long after the events it records that we can’t possibly trust it as historically reliable.” This is a common question on the university campus and deserves an honest answer.
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The Christian CanonDon Closson The Early Church Fathers: Some Christians are unnerved by the fact that nowhere does God itemize the sixty-six books that are to be included in the Bible. Many believers have at best a vague notion of how the church arrived at what we call the Canon of Scripture. Even after...
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The Global Flood Of Noah’s Dayby John D. Morris, Ph.D. Acceptance of old-earth ideas, including the Big Bang, progressive creation, theistic evolution, the framework hypothesis, etc., necessarily implies downgrading the Flood of Noah’s day from worldwide in scope to merely one of local extent. For example, Dr. Hugh Ross (an aggressive advocate of billions of...
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