Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is also known as the “Ark of the Testimony” because the Ten Commandments were a testimony to the world of the covenant God made with Israel. When the Ark was in the Tabernacle, it contained …
King Ahaz’s Seal
King Ahaz is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. When Ahaz was 20, he succeeded his father Jotham as king of Judah and ruled for 16 years. He did not do …
Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Hezekiah was the son of King Ahaz and assumed the throne when he was 25 and reigned for 29 years. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done. In the first month …
Pool of Bethesda
The Pool of Bethesda is located north of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The name Bethesda means “house of mercy”. Apostle John records how Jesus healed a man who was lame for thirty-eight years at the Pool of Bethesda. The …
Pilate Stone
In the Bible, Pontius Pilate was a prefect of the Roman controlled province of Judea. Pilate tried to convince the crowd being urged by the chief priests and elders, that Jesus was innocent but the crowd still demanded the death …
Moabite Stone
Perhaps the most significant Bible character to come from Moab was Ruth. She is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:5). Ruth in Boaz Field by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1828 Mesha was the king of the …
Cyrus Cylinder
Cyrus II of Persia (600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The reign of Cyrus the Great lasted between 29 and 31 …
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is located on the highest point of the Via Sacra, a road leading to the Roman Forum. It was constructed by the Roman Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus’ victories, including the Siege of Jerusalem in …
Amulet Scrolls
In 1979 two tiny silver amulets, inscribed with ancient Hebrew script, were found rolled into tiny scrolls in a burial cave in Jerusalem. They were incised with a sharp, thin stylus, no thicker than a hair’s breadth, and thus deciphering …
Shishak Relief
Shishak is the first Egyptian king to be mentioned by name in the Bible. Prior to this the Bible uses no personal names for the Pharaohs. Head of Shishak on the Walls of Karnak Temple Because of Solomon’s idolatry, God …
Lachish Relief
In 2 Kings 18:13-14, in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have …
Gezer Calendar
The Gezer calendar is a 10th century BCE inscribed limestone tablet discovered in excavations of the ancient Canaanite city of Gezer, 20 miles west of Jerusalem, Israel. Gezer is Located Northwest of Jerusalem The calendar was discovered in 1908 by …
Caiaphas Ossuary
Joseph, son of Caiaphas, commonly known simply as Caiaphas in the New Testament, was the Roman-appointed Jewish high priest of the temple in Jerusalem from 18 to 37 A.D., played a key role in the trial and execution of Jesus Christ. Caiaphas accused Jesus of blasphemy, a …
Noah’s Ark
God saw that the people on earth were very wicked, their hearts were always evil and regretted that he had made humankind on the earth. God brought a flood of water over the earth to destroy every living thing except …
Tower of Babel
In the beginning, the whole world spoke one language. As the people migrated to the East, they found a plain in the land of Shinar to live. The location of Shinar encompassed both Babylon (Babel) and Uruk (Erech). Here they …
Ark of Bulrushes
Pharaoh, the king of Egypt was afraid that the Hebrews were outnumbering them and might join with their enemies to fight against them. He ordered every Hebrew boy that was born be thrown into the Nile river but to let …