Tels (prehistoric settlement mounds), are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Israel and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 tels in Israel, ...
The 1,800-year-old mosaic, discovered by an inmate of the Megiddo prison, features the ancient Greek writing: 'The god-loving Akeptous has offered the table to God Jesus Christ as a memorial.' ...
Meanwhile, the Museum of the Bible offered the first public viewing of "The Megiddo Mosaic: Foundations of Faith," which dates to A.D. 230 and casts a fresh light on the early Christian church.