2016 was a good year for Biblical archaeology, with numerous excavations and artifacts confirming Biblical history. Christianity Today announced its “Top 10 Discoveries of 2016.”
I give the list after the jump, but you’ll want to go to the link for descriptions of each of the finds. The linked article itself has links that will take you to details and photographs.
1. Unsealing the tomb of Christ
2. Lachish gate shrine illustrates Hezekiah’s reforms
3. Stone jar factory found near Cana
4. Philistine cemetery excavation
5. Temple Mount floor designs identified
6. Hundreds of Roman writing tablets
7. Solomon’s Palace at Gezer
8. Sunken junk from Caesarea Maritima
9. Ancient glass factory
10. Ancient papyrus mentions Jerusalem
Photo: Michael Wal, Roman writing tablet from the Vindolanda Roman fort of Hadrian’s Wall, in Northumberland (1st-2nd century AD). Tablet 343: Letter from Octavius to Candidus concerning supplies of wheat, hides and sinews. British Museum (London) See page for author [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
2016 was a good year for Biblical archaeology, with numerous excavations and artifacts confirming Biblical history. Christianity Today announced its “Top 10 Discoveries of 2016.”
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