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Archaeology

Our collection of articles on the study, recovery, and scientific investigation of the material remains that can illuminate both our reading of the Scriptures and our understanding of tradition.

POTTERY INSCRIPTION

John Burger

Archaeologists discover previously invisible inscription on 2,600-year-old artifact

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Daniel Esparza

Is this the tablecloth used at the Last Supper?

OLDEST, HUMAN FOSSIL

J-P Mauro

The oldest human fossils ever found are discovered in Morocco

SAINT DOMITILLA CATACOMBS

Daniel Esparza

The largest catacombs in Rome soon will be opened to the public

PETRAS TEMPLE OF WINGED LIONS IN JORDAN

Daniel Esparza

Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions

ANCIENT GREEK MUSICIAN

Daniel Esparza

What ancient Greek music sounded like

YOUNGEST MUMMY

Daniel Esparza

The youngest mummy in Egypt: An 18-week-old baby

CRIPTA DEL PECCATO ORIGINALE

Daniel Esparza

Meet the Crypt of Original Sin

COLISEUM;ROME

Daniel Esparza

Take a stroll around Ancient Rome in this 3D animation

CHICK;CHICKEN

Zelda Caldwell

How fasting monks in the Middle Ages gave us the chickens we have today

MONOLITH MONK

Daniel Esparza

Living like a hermit on top of a 130-ft-tall monolith

WORLD WAR 1 ARTIFACTS

J-P Mauro

Remnants of WWI discovered in Israel

MAGDALA

Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists keep making discoveries in Mary Magdalene’s hometown

MAUSOLEUM AUGUSTUS

Zelda Caldwell

Long-neglected tomb of Rome’s first emperor to reopen

TOWER OF BABEL

Zelda Caldwell

Compelling new evidence may prove the Tower of Babel really existed

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John Burger

Study suggest humans inhabited North America 100,000 years earlier than believed

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Archaeologists discover what was served at the Last Supper

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Daniel Esparza

Shroud of Turin coins may finally have been identified

DURA EUROPOS

John Burger

Archaeologists find what may be the oldest depiction of the Virgin Mary

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John Burger

Workers discover tombs of 5 archbishops of Canterbury in a London church

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