Apr 8, 2019 · Hierapolis sits on an active seismic fault line that has created earthquakes and hot springs over the millennia, the latter an early attraction of the site. The precipitation of minerals from the …

Jun 3, 2025 · Amid the remains of a fourth- or fifth-century church at Hierapolis, one of the most significant Christian sites in Turkey, Francesco D’Andria found this first-century Roman tomb that he …

Jul 17, 2025 · I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. …

Jul 28, 2011 · Italian archaeologists working at the site of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey believe they have discovered the tomb of St. Philip, one of Jesus' 12 apostles.

May 29, 2025 · Where is Biblical Colossae? The unexcavated site of Colossae sits near the modern city of Honaz at the base of Mt. Cadmus (in modern Turkey). It is located near the sites of Laodicea and …

Dec 31, 2011 · Papias was Bishop of Hierapolis, in Turkey, and was one of those bridging figures in Christian history who lived during the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century …

Aug 6, 2024 · The history of crucifixion was brought to life when the heel bones of a young man were found in a Jerusalem tomb, pierced by an iron nail.

Mark Wilson Mark Wilson is the founder and director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey. He is Professor Extraordinary of New Testament at Stellenbosch University and Research …

Oct 11, 2025 · The assassination of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, is presented in the Bible as God’s cosmic justice against an evil king.

francesco d'andria francesco d'andria Latest Apr 8 Blog Hierapolis and the Gateway to Hell By: Noah Wiener Italian archaeologists excavating the Phrygian city of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey …