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Bookmark or Share- Ancient Crucifixion Images - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe cross is the ultimate symbol for the crucifixion of Christ. I give out pennies with the cross punched in them and tell people whether you are an atheist, Muslim, Moonie, etc. you still know what that symbol means. So Christ did not die on a tree, pole, a ‘T’, but on a cross so that symbol would withstand the test of time.
- The End of an Era - Biblical Archaeology SocietyCross’s reading of the inscriptions, when coupled with the pottery, bones, botany, and architecture, made the interpretation of this complex as a marketplace extremely compelling. Near the “Counting House” lay an ostracon recording the sale of grain. The verb in this inscription could be used of the payment in silver.
- Where Is Golgotha, Where Jesus Was Crucified?The Cross is a hammenek (He-Mem-Vav-Nun-Kaf), it is “a necklace or ornament ” of faith to the believer, but a chain of bondage to the unbeliever. The word Azal indeed holds a pil’ly or “wonderful secret”, for it is the combination of the Hebrew letter Alef (א), and the word for “shade” in Hebrew, being “Zal” or “Tsal” (צל).
- Hanukkah Discovery: Ancient Menorah and Cross CarvingsCarved on the chalk wall of a water cistern were a seven-branched menorah with a three-legged base—representing the Temple menorah from the Second Temple period—as well as a cross, a Christian symbol. Near the menorah and cross were additional engravings that are still being identified.
- Roman Crucifixion Methods Reveal the History of CrucifixionNailing to a cross is “less severe” and “less humiliating” as the condemned dies within a day from loss of blood. Tying to a cross is the most severe form of punishment usually reserved for robbers. Insects invited by the stench from the body fluid crawl in and out of the condemned’s crevices.
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