Excavation of graves begins at site of colonial Black church in US
United StatesAP Archaeologists in the US state of Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches on Monday, commencing a monthslong effort to learn who was buried there and how they lived. The First Baptist Church was formed in 1776 by free and enslaved Black […]
Former grand Jerusalem street attributed to Pontius Pilate
A former grand paved street likely used by Jewish pilgrims as they made their way to the Temple in Jerusalem was built by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea who is recorded in the Bible as washing his hands of of Jesus’ death, according to Israeli archaeologists. A drawing showing the street’s location. GRAPHIC: D […]