The Ophel, perhaps meaning “fortified hill,” or City of David is the name of the narrow promontory beyond the southern edge of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and Old City, with the Tyropoeon Valley (valley of the cheesemakers) on its west, the Hinnom valley to...
After Herod’s visit to see Antony, and the subsequent visit of Cleopatra to Jerusalem, the ensuing years were not the most successful for Antony. His war against the Parthians was not exactly victorious. Worse still, in Rome his relations with Augustus had soured. In...
Wayne JacksonChristian Courier: Penpoints, Monday, July 17, 2000 This article shows that the so-called “scientific proof” for the biblical record of Joshua’s “long day” is not reliable. Some “stories” take on a life of their own. No matter how frequently they are...
The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web David Noel Freedman (May 22 1922 – 8 April 2008), son of Romanian and Russian immigrants, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist and an ordained Presbyterian minister (Th.B.,...
These Articles Are Reproduced With Special Permission From Archeological Diggings MagazineFor More Information And A Subscription, Please Visit www.DiggingsOnline.Com These days restoration is a hotly debated subject and restorers go to great pains to make sure that...
