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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
Journey through time and unearth the top ten archaeological discoveries that affirm the historical reliability of the Old Testament. From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Karnak Reliefs, each artifact unveils a piece of the ancient world, bringing the biblical narrative to life.
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several fragments, on which is written a declaration in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great. It dates from the 6th century BC and was discovered in the ruins of Babylon in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in 1879.