Archaeologists Uncover First Temple Seal

Archaeologists in Jerusalem's Old City have uncovered a rare find dating all the way back to the time of the First Jewish Temple.

"We found under the base of the Second Temple period tunnel a part of house, part of building from the First Temple period," Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority told CBN News.

Archaeologists digging in a drainage channel that runs from the Pool of Siloam to the Western Wall have been regularly finding artifacts from Second Temple Times.

Shukron explained that the most recent find is the closest First Temple period building they've ever found to the Second Temple.

He then revealed that the house contained another treasure: a tiny seal engraved with the name Matanyahu, similar to the name of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. It means "given to God."

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ajfrench

Why do you continually look for signs. You should spend your time and energy getting to know Him from the Bible, and His people; to which ranks He is waiting for you to join so that you to may be saved from eternal separation from God.
- Evermyrtle
  
  Yes, seeking to assist others to find GOD AND HIS SIN JESUS CHRIST. Now, that is A FIND WORTH WORKING LOOKING FOR. !!!!!!!!!!!
  - Ever
    
    Good Heavens!! should have been "GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST!" Failed to proof read!!!! Disgusting!!!!
- Victor Barney
  
  I take it that none of you "believers" believe that "Hebrew," as written is the ONLY SET-APART SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE
  (i.e., Zeph. 3:9, Acts 26:14, 1 Cor. 4:6), right? Just saying…
  - myth buster
    
    On Pentecost the Holy Spirit translated the words of the Apostles into each man's native language, that each heard the Apostles in his own native language. Not one of the books of the New Testament was written in Hebrew.
  - Evermyrtle
    
    Victor why do you believe this about us? Yo know you are relating to millions of us. Surely some of us must know the things that you know. If not, "Woe is us!"
    - Victor Barney
      
      As I said, i'll believe you when the two-witnesses in Revelations, chapter 11 appear, unless you're disagreeing with them too that is? Just saying…
BOB

GOD BLESS ISRAEL AND IT PEOPLE. They need to deport all ARABS OUT OF THEIR LAND. The Palestinians are a big joke they never was a PALESTINIAN UNTIL 1969 AND Then they didn't have any land because it belongs to ISRAEL.
- msjallen
  
  Right, there has never been a civilization or a nation referred to as "Palestine" and the very notion of a "Palestinian Arab nation" having ancient attachments to the Holy Land going back to time immemorial is one of the biggest hoaxes ever perpetrated upon the world! There is not, nor has there ever been, a distinct "Palestinian" culture or language. Further, there has never been a Palestinian state governed BY Arab Palestinians in history, nor was there ever a serious Arab-Palestinian national movement until 1964… three years BEFORE the Arabs of "Palestine" lost the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and Gaza as a result of the 1967 Six-Day War (which the Arabs started). Even the so-called leader of the "Palestinian" people, Yasser Arafat, was EGYPTIAN! In short, the so-called Arab "Palestinians" are a manufactured people…a people with no history and no authenticity… whose sole purpose for existence is to destroy the Jewish State!
- http://youtu.be/zjgBhpanOfQ Despeville
  
  There are over 1.7 million Arabs with Israeli citizenship almost 24% of population of the State of Israel…
  Should they be deported as well?
keyboardshark

There has never been an archaeological discovery that has been proven to contradict the claims of the Bible. There are many that do corroborate biblical evidence, such as the following:

The Nuzi Tablets. The some 20,000 cuneiform clay tablets discovered at the ruins of Nuzi, east of the Tigris River and datable to c. 1500 BC, reveal institutions, practices, and customs remarkably congruent to those found in Genesis. These tablets include treaties, marriage arrangements, rules regarding inheritance, adoption, and the like.

The Existence of Hittites. Genesis 23 reports that Abraham buried Sarah in the Cave of Machpelah, which he purchased from Ephron the Hittite. Second Samuel 11 tells of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. A century ago the Hittites were unknown outside of the Old Testament, and critics claimed that they were a figment of biblical imagination.

In 1906, however, archaeologists digging east of Ankara, Turkey, discovered the ruins of Hattusas, the ancient Hittite capital at what is today called Boghazkoy, as well as its vast collection of Hittite historical records, which showed an empire flourishing in the mid-second millennium BC. This critical challenge, among many others, was immediately proved worthless — a pattern that would often be repeated in the decades to come.

Biblical Cities Attested Archaeologically. In addition to Jericho, places such as Haran, Hazor, Dan, Megiddo, Shechem, Samaria, Shiloh, Gezer, Gibeah, Beth Shemesh, Beth Shean, Beersheba, Lachish, and many other urban sites have been excavated, quite apart from such larger and obvious locations as Jerusalem or Babylon. Such geographical markers are extremely significant in demonstrating that fact, not fantasy, is intended in the Old Testament historical narratives; otherwise, the specificity regarding these urban sites would have been replaced by “Once upon a time” narratives with only hazy geographical parameters, if any.

The Cylinder of Cyrus the Great. Second Chronicles 36:23 and Ezra 1 report that Cyrus the Great of Persia, after conquering Babylon, permitted Jews in the Babylonian Captivity to return to their homeland. Isaiah had even prophesied this (Isa. 44:28). This tolerant policy of the founder of the Persian Empire is borne out by the discovery of a nine-inch clay cylinder found at Babylon from the time of its conquest, 539 BC, which reports Cyrus’s victory and his subsequent policy of permitting Babylonian captives to return to their homes and even rebuild their temples.

TO SEE MORE: http://www.equip.org/articles/biblical-archaeolog…
- Evermyrtle
  
  Great informative post, Thanks.
Victor Barney

I'll be convinced about what you say right when the two-witnesses appear. Watch!