Ivan the Terrible More Resembled Greeks than Tartars
Reported on July 10, 2014 (Source: http://www.archae.ru) It has long been a perception that Ivan the Terrible was outwardly similar to a Tartar, because his mother Glinskikh, was accounted a...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Closing Of The Western Mind”
August 14, 2014 (Originally Published on October 25, 2011) Freeman, C., The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason. Vintage Books. New York, 2005. 432 pages....
View ArticleISIS Exterminating Aramaic; the Language of Our Lord
August 14, 2014 (Source: http://www.foreignpolicy.com) Qaraqosh, Tel Kepe, and Karamlesh are just three of the Iraqi towns on the Nineveh plains captured in early August by the Islamic State (IS), but...
View ArticleAncient Stamp of Pat. St. Athanasius of Constantinople Discovered in Russia
August 21, 2014 (Source: http://lenta.ru) (Original reported on August 13) Scientists from the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, have found the personal stamp of the Ecumenical...
View ArticleAncient Late Second Temple-Era Coins Discovered
August 22, 2014 (Source: http://www.foxnews.com) (Originally reported on August 5) A 2,000-year-old trove of rare bronze coins from a Late Second Temple Period Jewish settlement was discovered in...
View ArticleVestments of St. Ambrose Undergoing Restoration
September 03, 2014 (Source: www.sciencedaily.com) Originally reported on September 02 Archaeologists from the University of Bonn, working with restorers, are preserving and studying 4th-century tunics...
View ArticleFresco Fragments Discovered as St. George’s Monastery, Russia
September 25, 2014 (Source: Lenta.ru) Archaeologists excavating a site around the oldest monastery, St. George’s, in Novgorod, have discovered fragments of frescoes. The monastery is often referred to...
View ArticleEarliest Spanish Image of Christ Discovered
October 03, 2014 (Source: http://www.thelocal.es) Originally reported on October 02 One of the world’s earliest representations of Christ has been unearthed in southern Spain by a team of...
View ArticleArtifacts of Christian Nubia Revealed
October 04, 2014 (Source: http://popular-archaeology.com) Originally reported on Oct. 03 Thanks to the efforts of Polish archaeologists and a massive UNESCO-led international campaign, a unique...
View ArticleAncient Galilean Synagogue Uncovered with Mosaics
October 20, 2014 (Source: http://blogs.forward.com) Originally reported on July 10 Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brigham Young University, Trinity University...
View ArticleTomb of St. Aurea of Ostia Near Discovery?
November 21, 2014 (Source: http://popular-archaeology.com) Originally reported on November 20 Ostia Antica, the famous Roman port that served the city of Rome from the days of the Republic through...
View ArticleCould Rare Sword Have Belonged to Ivan the Terrible?
November 24, 2014 (Source: http://siberiantimes.com) Originally reported on November 21 Intrigue over how German-made 12th century blade, adorned in Sweden, reached Siberia. The medieval sword was...
View ArticleChurch and Monastery Complex Where St. Stephen Was Buried Discovered
November 25, 2014 (Source: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english) Originally reported on November 13 During excavations near the Palestinian town of Ramallah archaeologists have discovered a greatest...
View ArticleWorkers at Ancient Israelite Solomnic Mines “Ate Quite Well”
November 29, 2014 (Source: http://www.livescience.com) NFTU: Aside from the remarks about Solomon (whose historicity secular archaeologists such as Dever and Lemaire consider ‘trustworthy’) and the...
View Article9th Century Christian Anglo-Saxon Cross Carving Uncovered
December 08, 2014 (Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Looking for some natural stone for a rockery in his garden, John Wyatt thought he had found a bargain when he saw a job lot advertised for £50....
View ArticlePossible 10th Century Davidic Seal Discovered
December 18, 2014 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Six official clay seals found by a Mississippi State University archaeological team at a small site in Israel offer evidence that supports the existence of...
View ArticleTop 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries in 2014
December 31, 2014 (Source: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org) From the translation of a Babylonian “Ark Tablet” to the resurfacing of a skeleton from Ur in a museum basement, 2014 was a year full of...
View ArticleAnastylosis at Machaerus, Where John the Baptist was Beheaded
January 14, 2014 (Source: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org) Originally published on Jan. 12 Who beheaded John the Baptist in the Bible? What were the circumstances of his death? This famous Biblical...
View ArticleByzantine Basilica Excavated in Mallorca, Spain
January 17, 2014 (Source: http://popular-archaeology.com) On the Mediterranean island of Mallorca in Spain lie the remains of a Byzantine settlement, known as Son Peretó, where archaeological...
View ArticleOldest Known Gospel Fragment Found On Mummy Mask of the 1st Century
January 20, 2014 (Source: http://www.livescience.com) (Originally reported on January 18) A text that may be the oldest copy a gospel known to exist — a fragment of the Gospel of Mark that was written...
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