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Roman Procurator

History teaches that Pontius Pilate was appointed governor of Judea by Tiberius in 26 A.D. and immediately made bad relations with the Jews by centering the headquarters of his army, previously in Caesarea, to Jerusalem....

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Nebuchadnezzar Cameo

On display in the museum of Florence, Italy is an onyx stone cameo with a cuneiform inscription reading, "In honor of Merodach, his lord, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in his lifetime had this made." It is dated to about 585 B.C....

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Nebuchadnezzar Inscription

This clay tablet reads, "In the thirty-seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the country of Babylon, he went to Egypt [Misr] to make war. Amasis, king of Egypt, collected [his army], and marched and spread abroad." The inscription is now on display in the British Museum in London. In the ruins of ancient Babylon most of the clay inscriptions are ...

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Royal Assyrian Chariot

Assyrian Chariot with King...

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Shishak of Egypt Mentions Judah

Archaeologists discovered some sculptures upon the walls of Thebes in ancient Egypt at the magnificent temple of Karnak. Among them was this figure of an enemy captive with his arms tied behind his back, with a shield covering him. Upon the shield was written in Egyptian hieroglyphics: "Judah-Melek-Land" which means "the kingdom of Judah."...

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Sennacherib King of Assyria

This figure of the mighty Assyrian king Sennacherib was discovered on the walls of his palace in Khorsabad, near the ruins of ancient Nineveh. The ancient Assyrian ruins reveal much about the wealth of this powerful monarch. Sennacherib reigned from 720 BC to about 683 BC. The Bible reveals that during the reign of the Jewish king Hezekiah, Sennach...

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