archeology

What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement near the Dead Sea. Whether it is the biblical city of Sodom and what year it was destroyed are subject to debate.

Two scholars are calling into question the assumption that an excavated ancient town is the birthplace of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus’ earliest followers and the first witness to his resurrection.

Researchers estimate the scraps came from King David's era. The recent cloth findings are the earliest ever found in the region, and the find gives credibility and context to the period of time described in the Bible when King David conquered the Edomites.