Ancient Manuscripts of the Bible While archaeology provides a great deal of information and physical evidence, much of it also needs to be interpreted in a …
Biblical Figures Found Through Archaeology
Biblical Figures Found Through Archaeology Archaeological evidence of about 70 people named in the Old Testament and 32 people named in the New Testament has …
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The Importance of Chronology
The Importance of Chronology Chronology (“study of time”) is the arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence in time. But do dates and numbers …
Archaeology and the Ancient Creation Stories
Archaeology and the Ancient Creation Stories When studying Genesis and archaeology, questions always come up about what archaeology has found that relates to …
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Colossae
The city of Colossae in the Roman province of Asia was located primarily on the south bank of the Lycus River inside the Lycus Valley, near the foot of Mount …
Laodicea
The city of Laodicea (Greek Laodikeia) on the Lycus (Laodicea ad Lycum), situated one mile south of the Lycus River in the Lycus Valley west of Colossae and …
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (“brotherly love/friendship,” modern Aleşehir) of Lydia, the sixth city addressed in the letters to the 7 churches in Revelation, is the city about …
Sardis
Sardis (modern day Sart), south and slightly east of Thyatira, was a very ancient city, becoming the capital of the Lydian Kingdom in the 7th century BC but …
Thyatira
Thyatira, an inland and former border city in Asia Minor, was originally established by the Lydians, then conquered and settled by the Seleucids, integrated …
Pergamum
Pergamum was an inland city located in western Asia Minor, first mentioned by Xenophon in his time with the Ten Thousand mercenaries in the service in of Cyrus …