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DNA study links ancient Canaanites to their modern descendants
What happened to the Canaanites? Researchers conducted DNA sequencing on ancient Canaanite skeletons and have determined where the Canaanites’ descendants can be found today. The Canaanites were a Semitic-speaking cultural group that lived in Canaan (comprising Lebanon, southern Syria, Israel and Transjordan) beginning in the second millennium B.C.E. and wielded influence throughout the Mediterranean. In the Hebrew Bible, the Canaanites are described as inhabitants of Canaan before the arrival of the Israelites (e.g., Genesis 15:18–21, Exodus 13:11). Little
Text omitted from the Bible shows earliest known record of the Messiah’s childhood
A manuscript dating back over 1,000 years has given rare insight into Jesus' life. The newly deciphered text is believed to be around 1,600 years old and allegedly omitted from the Bible because there were questions over it's authenticity. The manuscript was written on papyrus and has been stored at a library in Hamburg, Germany, as it was thought to be insignificant. But experts stumbled across the document while analyzing manuscripts, with one person spotting Jesus' name. It's since
Biblical battle between angel of God and 185K invading soldiers uncovered in Jerusalem
A newly discovered archaeological site may provide evidence of Biblical truth. Researchers in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient military base that may provide clues of a battle ground for God’s army against Assyrian soldiers who came to conquer the Holy Land around 2,700 years ago, per a Sunday report in the Daily Mail. As the Bible story goes, an angel of the Lord is said to have descended on the invading troops and killed 185,000 soldiers
Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Wednesday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. “If you want to