New Find: Clay Seal from 1st Century Jewish Temple (with Inscription)
Recent digs next to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount have uncovered a small inscribed clay seal that seems to have been involved with worship at the 1st-century (New Testament-era) Temple. Its inscription has...
View ArticleDoes a Newly Discovered Seal Show Samson Fighting a Lion?
Excavators at Tel Beth-Shemesh recently announced the discovery of a small seal that shows a human figure possibly fighting a large lion. The seal was found in an 11th century B.C. context. In the...
View Article1st Temple Period seal belonging to woman found in Jerusalem.
Archaeologists announced the discovery of a woman’s seal dating to the period before Babylon’s destruction of the Kingdom of Judah. The find came from the long-running Giv’ati parking lot excavation in...
View ArticleIsaiah’s Personal Seal Found?
Archaeologists may have found Isaah’s “autograph” during excavations in Jerusalem. This clay impression (bulla) was uncovered a few years ago along with others, including one belonging to King...
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