10 Days of Archaeology: Day Seven – Cyrus Cylinder

Epic Archaeology‘s superb infographics highlight various archaeological artifacts that relate or even support the biblical narrative. Continuing the “Ten Days of Archaeology” posts featuring some of the infographics Epic Archaeology has produced. Here is day seven with the Cyrus Cylinder. Be sure to check out the other infographics at Epic Archaeology.

Found in 1879 in Babylon, Iraq the Cyrus Cylinder contains a decree from Cyrus which seemingly corroborates Ezra  1:1-3, 2 Ch 36:23, and Is 44:28.

Here is a short video concerning this archaeological discovery:

Here is a longer video from the British Museum which housed the Cyrus Cylinder:

You can check out other archaeological discoveries related to the bible here:

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