First Assyrian inscription discovered in Jerusalem uncovers biblical times
First Assyrian Inscription Found in Jerusalem The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently announced a remarkable discovery: the first Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem. This finding, made in East Jerusalem’s Turim Valley National Park, has intriguing ties to an ancient struggle for power referenced in the Bible. Excavators uncovered the inscription on a small pottery […]
Long-lost Assyrian military camp discovered may corroborate Biblical account
A recent discovery in Israel may support a biblical epic in which an angel of the Lord wiped out 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, an independent scholar claims. Stephen Compton, an independent scholar specializing in Near Eastern archaeology, has used modern mapping techniques to discover the remains of an ancient Assyrian military camp dating to around 700 […]