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David P. Livingston 1999 represented the 18th season of excavation at Khirbet Nisya under the direction of ABR founder David Livingston. While the site’s Old Testament city is the focus of the excavation, this year’s dig uncovered artifacts mostly from the Late Hellenistic (Hasmonean) period of Palestine (152–65 BC). April 11–16, 1999, eight men from … Continue reading “1999
EXCAVATION REPORT FOR KHIRBET NISYA”

Bryant G. Wood The names Sodom and Gomorrah are by-words in our modern society. An especially wicked place is described as a “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Pastors are sometimes said to be preaching “fire and brimstone.” And we have the legal term sodomy for unnatural sex acts. These allusions, of course, stem from the Biblical account … Continue reading “THE
DISCOVERY OF THE SIN CITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH1”

Gary A. Byers The Byzantines were prolific builders throughout Palestine. They preserved the names and identities of many significant Biblical sites, providing an important line of evidence for modem archaeological investigation. The Byzantine period (AD 324–640) represented Palestine’s greatest population density prior to the 19th century. This The site of Peter’s house at Capernaum is … Continue reading “THOSE
INDEFATIGABLE BYZANTINES!”

“He is not here”—but was He ever? The Church of the Holy Sepulcher The most recent and comprehensive study of the Constantinian, Crusader and modern Churches of the Holy Sepulcher has just been completed. Findings offer no great revelations, but clarify what scholars have been piecing together over the past century. In the spirit of … Continue reading “RECENT
DISCOVERIES IN BIBLE LANDS”

Gordon Franz Emperor Domitian, the self-proclaimed “Lord and God” and ruthless dictator, reigned from AD 81 to 96. He was the son of Emperor Vespasian and the brother of Titus, the conquerors of Jerusalem in AD 70. Late in life, Domitian become very superstitious. In fact, on the day before he was murdered, he consulted … Continue reading “THE
KING AND I: THE APOSTLE JOHN AND EMPEROR DOMITIAN”

Brian Janeway Gymnasiarchal Law. This important document was discovered in Berea, one of the Macedonian cities visited by the Apostle Paul (Acts 17:10–14). One of the earliest references to politarchs, the early date (167 BC) of the Gymnasiarchal Law attests to the existence of this institution before the Roman conquest of Macedonia in the second … Continue reading “THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS”

Austin Robbins View of the rising Earth as seen by the crew of Apollo 8 as they came from behind the moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The charge is frequently leveled at creationists that, while they may be good at tearing down evolutionary theory, they are weak in presenting their own theory of … Continue reading “EVIDENCES
OF CREATION”

Bryant G. Wood When one hears the name “Jericho,” one naturally thinks of Israelites marching, trumpets sounding and walls falling. It is a wonderful story of faith and victory that we enjoy reading and telling in Sunday School class, but did it really happen? The skeptic would say no, it is merely a folk tale … Continue reading “THE
WALLS OF JERICHO”

Gary A. Byers Herod’s palace complex on the north bank of the Wadi Qelt. Known today as Tulul Abu el-ʿAlayiq, it was Herod’s winter palace and the heart of New Testament Jericho. In the same region, but not in the same location as Jericho of the Old Testament. New Testament Jericho was also associated with … Continue reading “ON
THE JERICHO ROAD”

Bryant G. Wood Map of the region of Bethel and Ai. The Ai of Abraham The first mention of Ai in the Bible is in Genesis 12:8. There it says that Abraham pitched his tent on a hill east of Bethel1 (= El Bireh, Livingston 1998), with Bethel on the west and Ai on the … Continue reading “THE
SEARCH FOR JOSHUA’S AI: EXCAVATIONS AT KH. EL-MAQATIR”