2,000-Year-Old Inscriptions in Jesus’ Language Discovered in Turkey

2,000-Year-Old Inscriptions in Jesus’ Language Discovered in Turkey

Karahantepe near Zernaki Tepe, Turkey. Credit: Mahmut Bozarslan / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Archaeologists have uncovered six new inscriptions in Jesus’ language, Aramaic, at Zernaki Tepe, a 3,000-year-old ancient city located in the region that is now eastern Turkey’s Van Province. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into the Parthian-era presence in Eastern Anatolia and exposes traces of political and cultural conflict that once define…