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Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries That Support the Bible
For centuries, critics dismissed biblical accounts as mythology. Then archaeology started digging. Over the past two hundred years, excavations across the Middle East have turned up inscriptions, ruins, and artifacts that corroborate specific names, places, events, and customs described in Scripture — often in surprising detail. This list covers the ten most significant finds that have changed how scholars evaluate the historical reliability of the Bible.
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