Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

First, There'll Be a National Geographic Special, Then a Nicolas Cage Movie

Divers have found a metal the ancient Greeks said came from Atlantis:
Previously, researchers only knew orichalcum from ancient texts and ornamental objects. The metal is mentioned in the writings of Plato...— he described Atlantis as flashing "with the red light of oricalchum," adding that its value was second only to gold.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Amazing Archaeological Find Underground in Cappadocia



Jewish pilgrims from Cappadocia, visiting Jerusalem, are mentioned in the account in the book of Acts of the first Pentecost after Jesus' ascension. (Acts 2:9).

One wonders if the churches found in this enormous city were where the spiritual descendants of those first-century Pentecost converts, worshiped.

History often overlooks how important Turkey was as a center of evangelism and development for the early Church. Finds like this only serve to further confirm that.