Weighing the Heart in Ancient Egypt

Weighing the Heart in Ancient Egypt

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: One of the most important religious documents from ancient Egypt is the Egyptian Book of the Dead, (or the “Book of Going Forth By Day” to the ancient Egyptians). Throughout Egypt, archaeologists have discovered thousands of amulets,...
Dragons & the Bible

Dragons & the Bible

AN INTRODUCTION The opening books of the Old Testament plunge the reader into a world of talking serpents, shepherd’s staffs turning into hissing cobras, poisonous serpents killing Israelites in the desert, and Moses making a bronze serpent and fixing it on top of a...
AND THE EARTH QUAKED

AND THE EARTH QUAKED

Paleoseismic Evidence of the Good Friday Earthquake in Matthew 27 Geologists working in the Dead Sea may have discovered (paleoseismic) geological evidence of the earthquake that occurred in Jerusalem on the day Christ was crucified 2,000 years ago. In 2011, a paper...