Christian pilgrimage - Arkeonews

7 January 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past

A 1,400-year-old limestone mold used to produce flasks decorated with a cross and inscribed with the words “Lord’s blessing from the holy places” was uncovered at the Hyrcania site in the Judean Desert, West Bank. Credit: Michal Haber / Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold, Exposing the Rise of Christian Pilgrimage Tourism

26 December 2025

Archaeologists excavating the remote Hyrcania site in the Judean Desert have uncovered a rare limestone mold used to produce small...

Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Credit: Gerd Eichmann/CC BY-SA 4.0

Archaeological Dig at Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre Corroborates New Testament Account of Garden

3 May 2025

A significant archaeological excavation nearing its conclusion at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City has yielded...