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Dara, the Ancient City Called Resurrection
Twenty miles southeast of Mardin there is a ruined city that everyone calls Dara. That was the local name, the one that stuck, and it is what the road signs say today. Its official name was Anastasiopolis. The emperor who built it was Anastasius, and emperors named cities after themselves. But Anastasius is not a neutral name. It comes from…
The Durupinar Site: What the 2026 Noah’s Ark Investigation Is Actually Testing
What is the Durupınar Site? On a hillside in far eastern Turkey, in the Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı province, about twenty-nine kilometers (eighteen miles) south of Mount Ararat, a long ridge of earth runs across the slope in the shape of a ship’s hull. The Durupinar site, spelled Durupınar in Turkish, emerged in 1948, when heavy rains and earthquakes stripped…
The Bronze Serpent and the Pole: From Pharaoh’s Court in Egypt to Calvary
Why the single most haunting image in the Bible follows a trail that runs from Egypt through the wilderness to the cross. Walk into the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara, the great necropolis south of Cairo, and one of the first objects you meet is a limestone pillar standing well above head height. Two serpents writhe up its shaft in deep…
Mount Cudi (Judi) Turkey: The Oldest Claim to Noah’s Ark
Mount Cudi, written Cudi Dağı in Turkish and pronounced “Judi,” is a limestone ridge in Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey, rising to about 2,114 meters above the Tigris near Cizre. It holds the oldest recorded claim to be the landing place of Noah’s Ark. A Babylonian priest named it in the third century BC, the Aramaic translators of Genesis placed…
The Bricks at Pithom Have No Straw
Standing On the Slavery Site of Exodus 1:11 The wind moves across a low brown rise about sixty miles east of Cairo, and our group of travelers stops walking. The guide, an archeologist and Egyptologist, Mido, has bent down to pick up a piece of broken brick. He turns it in his hand and looks up. “100% here who made this one was…
Paul’s First Missionary Journey in Turkey: Visiting Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe
“Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. “ Acts 14:1 Visiting the Turkey Sites that Paul’s First Missionary Journey Began In Acts 14, Paul and Barnabas pushed deep into the Roman province of Galatia. They were preaching in synagogues, healing the…
When and Where Saul’s Name Changed to Paul
“And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. “ Acts 11:26 Paul’s Spiritual Journey: From Christian Persecutor to Gospel Preacher Every traveler to the ancient world eventually asks the same question: what connects…
Top 10 Biblical Sites of Ephesus Every Christian Traveler Should See
“And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus. “ Acts 18:18-21 Top…
Paul’s First Sermon at Pisidian Antioch: The Correlation to Caesar Augustus
“Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem, but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. “ Acts 13:13-14 Paul’s First Sermon at Pisidian Antioch, Turkey By Sarah Eaton The Yalvaç Museum in modern Turkey houses an extraordinary artifact: fragments of…
Priest of Midian – Jethro’s Tombs Near Mt. Sinai
“And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah “ Exodus 2:21 The Priest of Midian – Jethro’s Tombs Still Standing in Saudi Arabia By Jennifer Bartlett Though they all approach Him differently, what unites the top three religions in the world is the God of Abraham. To observant Jews He is the holy…