Current Events Articles: June 2008

Dinosaur Dig for Kids to take place in Lancaster County, PA. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 308 Petersburg Road, Lititz.

Date: Friday July 11th, 6-9pm.

ABR Staff Member Rick Lanser is mentioned in the May 2008 issue of Christianity Today. Trained archaeologists who haven't harnessed themselves to a publicity machine get ignored because real archaeology can be tedious. Like real life.

http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2008/may/12.62.html

Archaeologists in Rihab, Jordan, say they have discovered a cave that could be the world's oldest Christian church. Dating to the period AD 33-70...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446812.stm

Daniel Wallace, Director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, is interviewed by Christianity Today regarding the discovery of manuscripts in Albania. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/aprilweb-only/117-32.0.html

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts website can be found at: http://www.csntm.org/

Pope Benedict XVI announced during a June 2 audience with pilgrims from Turin that he had approved the shroud's removal from its protective casket for display to the public in the spring of 2010.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802940.htm

For more on the Shroud of Turin see:

Latest Developments on the Shroud of Turin: Part I

Latest Developments on the Shroud of Turin: Part II

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the north-eastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years. Known in the Bible as the "Way of the Philistines"... 

 http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/...=0

For ABR resources that discuss this important subject see:

Gary Byers' articles:  New Evidence From Egypt on the Location of the Exodus Sea Crossing: Part I and Part II in the Winter and Spring 2006 issues of Bible and Spade

Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine whether it belongs to King Thutmose I, one of the most famous Pharoahs, the country's chief archaeologist said last week.

http://www.pr-inside.com/egypt...htm

A leading researcher on the 14-foot-long linen sheet, has persuaded the Oxford laboratory that dated the Shroud to the 13th or 14th Century to revisit the question of its age.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...page=1

For more on the Shroud of Turin see:

Latest Developments on the Shroud of Turin: Part I

Latest Developments on the Shroud of Turin: Part II