'Church of the Ark' found on West Bank (Israel)

Telegraph ^ | December 4, 2006 | Harry de Quetteville

[nmh]

You lucky dog!

Going over to the link!

Keep us posted on that stuff. I'd love to be on a ping list if you have created one. Wish I was in your shoes ... this stuff fascinates me!!!

[nmh]

Help!

I must have missed something. I went over to

http://www.cityofdavid.org and didn't see anything on archeology.

[Gondring]

More proof that the Bible is the word of God.

Huh? How so?

[Gondring]

Discoveries like these are proving once and for all that the Holy Bible is for real.

In what way?

[Gondring]

ping

[Kirkwood]

"It dates to the late fourth century and they are calling it the first church?"

It says ONE of the world's earliest churches.

[Biggirl]

It makes the Bible so much very real.

[Marysecretary]

I didn't either.

[Marysecretary]

I also heard they might also be related to Lebanese, who are semites.

[Pharmboy]

The Lebanese are the biblical Canaanites or, as the Greeks later called them, Phoenicians. They are neither arab nor semite and more closely related to the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean Basin than to the Hebrews.

[DaGman]

[SunkenCiv]

thanks, FrPR

http://www.cityofdavid.org/

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the pings, DaveLoneRanger, Red Badger, and Hegemony Cricket. And thanks FrPR for the other link.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.

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[SunkenCiv]

Go to www.cityofdavid.org if you want to learn more.

Well, I just did, and there are no photos at all, it's just a Jews for Jesus website.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I believe that this might be the website:

http://www.cityofdavid.org.il/index.html

[Kenny Bunk]

Thank you, thank you, FrPR!

I, previous to your thoughtful ping, had no idea linoleum had been invented in the Holy Land! Amazing that is had stood up so well, what with the traffic of the Crusades, etc. etc.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, many thanks!

[WoofDog123]

the ark has to be one of the most fascinating artifacts described by historical sources, with various powers of which some would seem to make some sense in terms of what is known scientifically today, others not. I wonder what the origin of its powers was, in terms of physics.

[Dustbunny]

What a great find. Beautiful mosaic.

Wow, "We believe that if they continue to dig they'll reach back to the time of the Tabernacle," that would be an even better find.