Today I went to the British Museum (if you haven't been and get the chance, it's an amazing place!). "A" told us that people travel all over the world to see history, but so much of history is sitting in this building. He took us through an exhibit on the Assyrians, Persians, and Greeks, pointing out specific artifacts. We'd pull out our Bibles and stand there reading texts in the Old and New Testament that coincide with what we were looking at! It was an amazing way to spend my day off! Here is an example:



This is "wallpaper" from the palace in Nineva. "A" pointed out the scorch marks on the markings and began reading from his notes that archeologists state that the black marks are from a fire that took place in Nineva sometime between 640-620AD. Nahum prophesized that because the cruel Assyrians would not repent (about a century after Jonah went there and the city repented), God would send a devastating fire to the city. Nahum was a prophet around 650AD. Cool, eh?



This is a tablet that was found that talks about Noah and how a flood came to destroy the earth.
This is all in walking distance from where I live! Better take advantage of it!