archeological dig

2,600-year-old seal bearing name of First Temple-era official discovered in Jeruslam

The seal reads “(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King,” who is found in the Bible in the second book of Kings, 23:11.

Israeli archaeologists say they found the ring of Jesus’ killer

(JTA) — Israeli researchers say they have found a ring that belonged to Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who had Jesus crucified. The copper alloy jewelry was one of the artifacts found during a 1968-69 dig unearthing a section of a tomb and palace belonging to the biblical King Herod near Bethlehem in the West […]