Old and New Testament Archeological Sites

Like a scene from a blockbuster movie, archaeologists excavating last month in the Judean Desert made a stunning discovery at Qumran.  Dubbed the ’12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave,‘ artifacts dated from the 2nd Temple-period found inside attest to the cave’s detection…

So often, we stumble upon our greatest treasures by accident. This was the case in 2009 when the surprise unearthing of Magdala, the birthplace of Mary Magdalene, stunned the archaeological world. Nathan Hitron, VP Sales and Marketing for Kenes Christian Tours,…

A mere 5 miles from Nazareth, Sepphoris was in the midst of a furious building spurt during Jesus’ childhood.           Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James,…

Jesus visited the Temple in Jerusalem many times during that final week of the Passover feast. Most often, he would have ascended the Temple courtyard from the southern steps through the Huldah Gate.       “Then Jesus entered the…

One of the three cities in Galilee cursed by Jesus, the ruins of Chorazin were most recently excavated in the 1980s.           “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed…