Featured artifact
The Rosetta Stone
Second Temple196 BC
The granodiorite stele whose trilingual decree unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphs — the key that opened the entire world of ancient Near Eastern texts to modern scholarship.
The British Museum, London
Where Scripture meets stone
Every stone the earth has yielded, every inscription unburied — catalogued.
Relic gathers the archaeological witnesses to Scripture into a single scholarly archive. From Bronze Age steles that name Israel by name, to a first-century pool where Jesus healed the blind, each entry is documented with its provenance, dating, current custodian, and the biblical passages it illuminates.
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Biblical eras
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Museums represented
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From the archive
New Testament · 52 CE
Gallio Inscription (Delphi)
Roman inscription anchoring the ministry of Paul to a fixed date.
New Testament · mid-1st century CE
Erastus Inscription
Latin pavement inscription naming the Corinthian city treasurer Erastus.
New Testament · c. 26–36 CE
Pilate Stone
Limestone dedication naming Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea.
New Testament · c. 15–63 CE
Ossuary of Caiaphas
Ornately carved limestone bone-box inscribed "Joseph son of Caiaphas".