Poseidon”s Sanctuary??

In the minds of the greek archaeologists, it may be so. But in our minds, the following article does not point to his sanctuary. The reason is that Poseidon was a mythical character much like JR Ewing of Dallas. This building may have been mentioned in the Geographica, an ancient Greek text. However, being mentioned

Archaeology in the News

It is impossible to keep up with all the different news that takes place in Archaeology. Especially since we are usually focused more on ancient people and the Bible. But here are some news articles to let you know what is going on in the world of archaeology, in and outside of the Levant #1.

An Interesting Discovery: Roman Fridge

Sorry, we have been away for so long, life just keeps interrupting, Here is an interesting discovery that proves nothing is new under the sun Ancient ‘fridge’ — with meat still inside — found at Roman military camp, experts say Archaeologists unearthed an unusual discovery at an ancient Roman military camp in Bulgaria: a fridge.

More Discoveries

#1. This is an interesting one Hidden room — with ancient pink sarcophagus — emerges from sand-filled tomb in Egypt Archaeologists unearthed the sarcophagus of a high-ranking official in ancient Egypt, according to officials. Excavations at the Saqqara necropolis exposed a burial well in the middle of a cemetery near a pyramid, the Egyptian Ministry

Child Sacrifice in the Ancient World

While we will not put it past the ancients to do such a thing, we are not convinced that it happened on such a major scale. The latest ‘evidence’ is found in this article Skeletons of 76 children who were SACRIFICED during six different killing events in 450 years are discovered in Peru. The remains

Still Nothing is New- 2

Even condoms have had an early start. At least according to the article Some of The Earliest Condoms in History. The earliest description of them was made by the Italian anatomist Gabrielle Falloppio in 1564, who claimed to have invented a linen sheet made to fit the glans and it was worn to protect from

Beautiful Pictures

But that is about it. No matter how many photos they take from either the Hubble or the Webb telescopes, scientists are not going to see anything remotely related to our origins. Nor will they see the edges of the universe or any evidence for or against the expanding universe theory. The images they do

New Discovery in Gaza

Here is a brief article on this discovery which actually took place months ago and just made the news now. Among the few preserved sites in Gaza are the St. Hilarion monastery, which spans from the late Roman Empire to the Islamic Umayyad period, and the site of a Byzantine church that was restored by

Competing Theories

It has been said that if you put 4 archaeologists in a room, you end up with 5 different theories. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case with Christian archaeologists as well. We posted the other day about Dr. D. Rohl’s Sojourn presentation and while he is not a Christian (he is an agnostic), Tim

The Hobbit

No, not the original books by J. R. R. Tolkien or the top revenue-producing movies by Peter Jackson. What we are talking about here are those skeletons some scientists have dubbed the Hobbit and claim these skeletons fill a vacancy in the evolutionary theory. Scientists make outlandish claims about old bones and think they have