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Bryant G. Wood Introduction A people known as the Arameans lived in the regions of Syria and Mesopotamia in antiquity. They were a large group of linguistically related peoples who spoke dialects of a West Semitic language known as Aramaic. Although not politically unified, they developed powerful city-states that had a strong cultural influence in … Continue reading “THE
TEL DAN STELA AND THE KINGS OF ARAM AND ISRAEL”

Bryant G. Wood From May 22 to June 15 a fifth season of excavation was carried out at Kh. el-Maqatir, 15 km (9 mi) north of Jerusalem. The project is sponsored by the Associates for Biblical Research, endorsed by the Near East Archaeological Society, and under the direction of the author. Two groups of volunteers, … Continue reading “KH.
EL-MAQATIR 2000 DIG REPORT”

Peter Masters The following article not only provides a guide to those visiting the British Museum, but also a compilation of significant discoveries that demonstrate the historical accuracy of the Bible record. How Assyrian Monuments Confirm the Bible The first leg of this tour surveys discoveries found (mostly) in the excavations of Assyrian capital cities. … Continue reading “A
TOUR OF BIBLICAL EVIDENCE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM”

Austin Robbins Despite all attempts to do so, there is no way to reconcile evolution and the Biblical account of Creation. Examining the theological basis of the Biblical Creation, Austin Robbins demonstrates there is simply no room for evolutionary thinking. Evolutionary doctrine is insistent on a very long history for the earth’s formation. Long ages, … Continue reading “DEATH
BEFORE ADAM?”

Gary A. Byers Most adults who graduated from high school before 1980, grew up knowing more about Brontosauruses (that is the correct word!) than almost any other creature, ancient or modern. Yet, many dinosaur books published today don’t even mention them. Talk about being extinct, what happened to the Brontosaurus? In 1877, Othniel Marsh of … Continue reading “FOR
YOUNG PALEONTOLOGISTS:
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BRONTOSAURUSES GONE?”

Gene Fackler While Da Vinci’s original Last Supper is being restored today, it is in such disrepair that the bag of money is hard to see and the salt spilled on the table cannot be seen at all. However, we know about the spilled salt because Da Vinci had one of his best pupils, Marco … Continue reading “THE
LAST SUPPER IN ART AND HISTORY”

Gary A. Byers Jesus’ ministry centered in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee. He regularly taught and performed miracles in its synagogue. Here He cast an evil spirit out of a man (Mk 1:23–26) and healed the man with a withered hand (Mk 3:1–5). The ruins of a beautiful white limestone synagogue in Capernaum have … Continue reading “FOR
YOUNG ARCHAEOLOGISTS: PETER’S HOUSE AND THE SYNAGOGUE AT CAPERNAUM”

Bryant G. Wood An ancient cave discovered in the fourth century was believed at the time to be the Tomb of Christ. For the past 1700 years it has been venerated, damaged and restored. As preparation for coming restoration, Martin Biddle was asked to record the tomb as it is today. Bryant Wood reviews the … Continue reading “THE
TOMB OF CHRIST IN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE”

Bill Geating After almost three decades of scientific examination, the Shroud is still the center of controversy. While scientific and media opinion generally dismissed it as the burial cloth of Christ, scientific and historical evidence continues to amass. ABR Board member Bill Geating summarizes the latest data. The first photos of the Shroud of Turin … Continue reading “THE
SHROUD OF TURIN 2000”

John Long Critics have rightly charged that it was impossible for something as extraordinary as the Shroud to have escaped 13 centuries of notice, only to show up in the possession of a member of the lesser French nobility in 1355. The Shroud seemed to have come out of nowhere in a century notorious for … Continue reading “CLOSING
IN ON THE SHROUD’S EARLY HISTORY”