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Bible Discoveries

"...when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?'...you shall answer them" (Joshua 4:6-7).

Archaeologists and other pioneers have discovered many places and objects described in the pages of the Bible—providing evidence for what skeptics called fictitious cities and even empires.

  • by United Church of God
Some believe that discoveries from astronomy conflict with the Bible. But in fact there is no conflict, and the Bible has proven itself to be well ahead of its time in what it reveals about the universe and the planet we inhabit.
  • by United Church of God
For many years some critics have asserted that many biblical figures, including King David, are nothing more than myth. But a dramatic find forced Bible critics to retreat.
  • by United Church of God
How has the Bible fared when archaeologists have compared their findings with the record of Scripture?
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  • by Mario Seiglie
Why do we believe, contrary to young-earth creationism, that the heavens and the earth are significantly older than the 6,000-year history of man?
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  • by Vertical Thought
Genesis 1:3 tells us, "Then God said, 'Let there be light.'" If all the rest of the initial creation had to occur after this verse, then there would seem to have been nothing to produce this light (i.e., no sun).
  • by Mario Seiglie, Scott Ashley, Tom Robinson
After 35 long years of searching (from 1972 to 2007), Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer thinks he has finally found his long-sought prize—the tomb of Herod the Great. If true, it sheds more light on this important biblical figure.