I love biblical archaeology, and archaeology that (very often) happens to intersect with and confirm the Bible in its findings. I shall take a look at one small issue that biblical skeptics and ...
His name meant “true king,” and Sargon of Akkad (unknown–2279 B.C.) took advantage of that presumed legitimacy to establish the world’s first empire around 2330 B.C. in Mesopotamia, the fertile land ...