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Royal Seal of Hezekiah Comes to Light
The royal seal of King Hezekiah in the Bible was found in an archaeological excavation. The stamped clay seal, also known as a bulla, was discovered in the Ophel excavations led by Dr. Eilat Mazar at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The discovery was announced in a press release by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology, under whose auspices the excavations were conducted. The bulla, which measures just over a centimeter in diameter, bears
Youth bible teacher arrested while actively downloading child porn
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A volunteer teacher and youth bible study teacher in Worthington has been arrested for crimes related to child pornography. According to federal court documents, 49-year-old Andrew Brown was arrested on April 30 after a six-month-long investigation into his alleged distribution, transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. Investigators wrote in an affidavit that in October 2023, an officer was snooping on peer-to-peer filesharing networks and found an IP address was spreading
Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Assyrian Nineveh
At the start of the seventh century B.C.E., the Assyrian king Sennacherib called his new palace at Nineveh a “palace without a rival.” The Hebrew Bible is less kind, describing Nineveh as “that great city with more than 120,000 people who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand” (Jonah 4:11). Located by modern Mosul in Iraq, Nineveh was undoubtedly the metropolis of its day. Was the construction so extensive as to include one of the
Man accused of telling 7-year-old girl to take inappropriate photos during Bible study
SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A man was arrested after police said he told a 7-year-old girl to use his cellphone to take an inappropriate photo of herself during a Bible study session at a Pittsburgh-area home. Twenty-one-year-old Michael McFarland of North Huntingdon Township is facing several charges, including unlawful contact with a minor, criminal solicitation and sexual abuse of children, Allegheny County police announced on Monday. Police said McFarland also has several other
