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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...

Horatio Spafford (1828–1888) is remembered today chiefly as the author of the beloved hymn “It Is Well with My Soul.” Yet his life was far more than a single hymn. It was a story marked by prosperity and promise, sudden calamity, steadfast faith, and a final chapter of unusual missionary devotion. Born in 1828 in North Troy, New York, Spafford 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...

Wikipedia: According to Irenaeus (died about 202), Ignatius of Antioch was fed to the lions in Rome around 107 A.D. and although Irenaeus says nothing about this happening at the Colosseum, tradition ascribes it to that place Read more...

From Wikipedia: The Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD.[1] The catacombs were named in reference to the Christian martyrs Marcellinus and Peter who may have been buried there according to legend, near the body of St. Tiburtius.[2] During excavations performed from 2004 to 2010, an estimated 20,000 skeletons were discovered in these catacombs; the Read more...

In 1498, Savonarola was executed. Unconventional yet popular with the masses, he differed from the established church:   Philip Schaff: By the general consent of Protestants, Jerome Savonarola is numbered among the precursors of the Reformation,—the view taken by Ranke. He was not an advocate of its distinguishing tenet of justification by faith. The Roman church was for him the Read more...

Many of the Jewish artifacts such as the Table of Shewbread and the Menorah were taken from the Temple to Rome, specifically here! From Wikipedia: The Temple of Peace (Latin: Templum Pacis), also known as the Forum of Vespasian (Latin: Forum Vespasiani), was built in Rome in 71 AD under Emperor Vespasian[1] in honour to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace. It housed artifacts such as the Table of Shewbread and the seven-branched menorah from Read more...

From Wikipedia: The south inner panel depicts the spoils taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. The golden candelabrum or Menorah is the main focus and is carved in deep relief.[23] Other sacred objects being carried in the triumphal procession are the Gold Trumpets, the fire pans for removing the ashes from the altar, and the Table of Showbread.[21] These spoils were likely originally colored Read more...

A traditional site for the cave of Lot from Genesis 19:30, and a nearby pillar attributed to his wife who was turned into salt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. Read more...

Pella is the namesake for such places as Pella, Iowa, founded by Dutch Reformed Christians. The story of Pella is found in church history. From Wikipedia: The fourth-century Church Father Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis cite a tradition that before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 the early Christians had been warned to flee to Pella in the region of the Decapolis across the Jordan River. And when ye shall see Read more...

From the website: THE REDISCOVERY How it was lost The Baptism Site was a major Pilgrim Station from the days of John the Baptist. Even after he died, many of his students stayed in the area which was the birthplace of Christianity. Churches were built near the site, monks lived in caves, and pilgrims visited the site. This tradition continued Read more...

Traditional Site Elijah’ Hill Saint Elijah’s hill – Jabal Mar Elias in Arabic – is located at the southeastern end of Wadi al-Kharrar. The hill is associated with the Prophet Elijah’s ascension into heaven (2 Kings 2.5-15). Here was the sanctuary located that attracted pilgrims in the medieval period (O.T. Kings.1) The Bordeaux pilgrim (ca. ad 333) states, …It is Read more...

The gravestone of Mary Livingstone, wife of David Livingstone, and daughter of missionary Robert Moffatt in Chupanga (Shupanga). The inscription reads: Here repose the mortal remains of Mary Moffat, the beloved wife of Doctor Livingstone, in humble hope of a joyful resurrection by our saviour Jesus Christ. She died in Shupanga House, 27 April 1862, aged 41 years. Image Credit: Read more...

From WMF: The original First Baptist Church in Mawlamyine, Mon State, was constructed in 1827 by Adoniram Judson, an American missionary who spent nearly 40 years in Myanmar (Burma) in the early nineteenth century. Well beyond the issues of religious conversion, the Judson experience in Burma nurtured an environment that has profound effects on Mawlamyine today. The hospitals, schools, and Read more...

Wikipedia: Judson was imprisoned for 17 months during the war between the United Kingdom and Burma, first at Ava and then at Aung Pinle. Judson and Price were violently arrested. Officers led by an official executioner burst into the Judson home, threw Judson to the ground in front of his wife, bound him with torture thongs, and dragged him off to the infamous, vermin-ridden death prison Read more...