Archaeology & History | by Merv Islip | Volume 25, Issue 2 | March - April 2019
A bronze ring bearing the name of Pontius Pilate was found near Bethlehem fifty years ago, during an archaeological excavation at Herodium, a fortress built by King Herod.1 It had been overlooked for decades but archaeologists discovered Greek writing when the ring was cleaned and photographed by th…
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