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Originally located here, with most of the gate relocated to the Berlin Museum, and parts to the former Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. Built around 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar, this is the gate Daniel and his three friends Hananiah, Michael, and Azariah would have entered and exited Babylon thru. Photo – Matson Photo Service Read more...

This bronze commemorates the first performance of George Frideric Handel’s Oratorio Messiah, given in the Old Musick Hall in Fishamble Street at noon on Tuesday April 13th 1742 Featured Image Credit: First Performance of Handel’s Messiah Historical Marker. 20 Sept. 2024, www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=22450. Read more...

Viewing Point: Opened on 4 October 2013, the Amazing Grace viewing point in Buncrana is the perfect place for visitors to look out over Lough Swilly and to consider the inspirational story of John Newton and Amazing Grace. This story of transformation is symbolised by the transformation of an ugly concrete platform into a beautiful place designed to blend in and enhance the stunning natural Read more...

From Wikipedia: The organisation maintaining the Garden Tomb refrains from claiming that this is the authentic tomb of Jesus, while pointing out the similarities with the site described in the Bible, and the fact that the Garden Tomb better preserves its ancient outlook than the more traditional, but architecturally altered and time-damaged tomb from the mostly crowded Church of the Holy Read more...

From Wikipedia: The Western Wall, Wailing Wall, or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי),[1] known in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: Ḥā’iṭ al-Burāq حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق Arabic pronunciation: [‘ħaːʔɪtˤ albʊ’raːq]),[2] is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the “Western Wall”.[3] The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod Read more...

From the website: The stunning desert backdrop of Timna Park is the setting for the replica of the Tabernacle. While some have studied it at length, others may never have considered the depths of meaning found in the Tabernacle. The model is fully based on the book of Exodus and aims to stay as true to scripture as possible. Featured Read more...

From FindAGrave: Hymn Writer, Religious Figure. He was a successful businessman in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1800s who lost a great deal of real estate in the Chicago Fire. He penned the famous hymn “It Is Well” after receiving word of the death of his four daughters in an accident at sea on November 22, 1873. Eventually having two Read more...

Written on stationary from the Brevoort House in Chicago, Horatio Spafford penned this famous hymn while on a ship as he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Not that long ago, his daughters had drowned after the Ville du Havre suffered a tragic crash. His wife telegraphed back, “Saved alone.” The manuscript is now found at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem. Read more...

Image Credit: Sdo216, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...

1 Samuel 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. 1 Samuel 24 [1] And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. [2] Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and Read more...

  Jimmy DeYoung interviews Jewish and Muslim scholars to determine where the Garden of Eden was. Was it at the Foundation Stone? Watch Return to Eden   The Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock is considered by some: The site of the Garden of Eden The site of the altar where the animals were killed in substitution for Read more...

From the plaque:   Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. (Gospel of John 18:1) “Gethsemane, a place where the Savior prayed before the passion. It is at the foot of the Mount of Olives, and today the faithful eagerly go to pray Read more...

From Wikipedia: The shrine houses the Isaiah scroll, dating from the second century BCE, the most intact of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Aleppo Codex, dating from the 10th century CE, the oldest existing Hebrew Bible.[4] A facsimile of the original Isaiah scroll is now on display in the Shrine of the Book. Image Credit: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0 Read more...

From Wikipedia: The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The remains of the boat, 27 feet (8.2 meters) long, 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) wide and with a maximum preserved height of 4.3 feet Read more...

From Organization Set on the outskirts of old Nazareth, the Nazareth Village is built on ancient agricultural land that boasts the area’s last remaining first-century wine press. The original farm has been restored with its ancient wine press, terraces, irrigation system and stone quarry, and exact replicas of first-century houses, a synagogue, a watchtower, mikveh and olive presses have been Read more...

From GotQuestions: Capernaum is featured in the New Testament but never mentioned in the Old. Capernaum was a city located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is significant in Scripture because Capernaum was the chosen home city of Jesus after He was driven from Nazareth by the religious officials (Luke 4:16, 28–30). Capernaum was also the Read more...

Built in the 1960s, before the Six Day War, for the Holyland Hotel, and then moved to the Israel Museum at a cost of $3.5 million. This model is 22,000 square feet, a 1:50 scale. Image Credit: Laliv Gal Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons Read more...

Artifacts of Biblical Significance: Caiaphas Ossuary Caiaphas Ossuary, Author’s Photo   Tel Dan Stele Tel Dan Stele, Author’s Photo   Shema Seal   Uzzah’s Tombstone   “Hither were brought The bones of Uzziah King of Judah. Do not open!”   Pontius Pilate Inscription   Museum Photo by  אסף.צ Read more...

Associates for Biblical Research: Currently, two archaeological treasures are being unearthed in Jerusalem. One is the Pool of Siloam at the southern end of the City of David, and the other is the excavation and restoration of the Pilgrimage Road connecting the Pool of Siloam with the Temple Mount. There are a number of references to pools in both the Read more...

Biblical Archaeology Society: According to 1 Kings 21:1-2, Naboth’s vineyard was located next to King Ahab’s heikal. A heikal is a large, important building, possibly of a military or religious nature. Unfortunately in this context, and in this context only, heikal is always translated into English in the Hebrew Bible as “palace.” In all other instances the word armon is used to denote a palace. We know that Read more...