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Jackie
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Message 5 of 78 (231980)
08-10-2005 3:57 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by Brian
08-10-2005 2:00 PM


Re: More abuse of archaeology?
I have a question, I am doing some personal research on the accuracy of biblical archeology, I understand the problems with verifying artifacts, but are there any authentic sites or artifacts you could point me to?
Thank you very much.

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Jackie
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Message 6 of 78 (231982)
08-10-2005 4:03 PM


supposedly confirmed Biblical structures
Here are some supposedly confirmed Biblical structures
Gibeon pool (at el-Jib)
Hezekiah's tunnel under Jerusalem
Jericho's walls
Critics claim they fell due to an earthquake and do not date to the time of Joshua's conquest; nonetheless, it is a remarkable coincidence that they exist at all considering that the site was stratified and unoccupied during the late period when the critics say the book of Joshua was written.
Lachish siege ramp of Sennacherib
Siloam pool (just unearthed in 2004)
Second Temple (confirmed by Western/Wailing wall constructed by Herod the Great)
19 tumuli located west of Jerusalem, undoubtedly dating to the Judean monarchy, but possibly representing sites of memorial ceremonies for the kings as mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:14, 21:19, 32:33, and the book of Jeremiah 34:5
Merneptah stela (Egyptian reference to Israelites in the land of Canaan)

  
Jackie
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Message 8 of 78 (231985)
08-10-2005 4:08 PM


Dating of King Hezekiah's Tunnel verified by scientists
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dating of King Hezekiah's Tunnel verified by scientists
Modern radiometric dating of the Siloam Tunnel in Jerusalem shows that it was excavated about 700 years before the Common Era, and can thus be safely attributed to the Judean King Hezekiah. This is the first time that a structure mentioned in the Bible (Kings II 20:20; Chronicles II 32:3, 4) has been radiometrically dated.
A report on the study of the Siloam Tunnel will be published on Sept. 11 in the scientific journal Nature. The research was conducted by Dr. Amos Frumkin of the Geography Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr. Aryeh Shimron of the Israel Geological Survey, and Dr. Jeff Rosenbaum of Reading University in England.
Radiometric dating is based on the decay of radioactive elements. These act as physical clocks, allowing researchers to estimate the age of the material being examined. In this case, the scientists used measurements of carbon-14 for dating organic material within the plaster of the Siloam Tunnel, as well as uranium-thorium for dating stalactites which grew in the tunnel since its construction.
Dating specific Biblical structures is extremely difficult because of poor archaeological preservation, identification uncertainty, scarcity of datable materials, and restricted scientific access into well-identified worship sites.
The presumption that King Hezekiah constructed the Siloam Tunnel was based until today upon the Biblical text itself and the characteristics of the Siloam inscription (located in a museum in Istanbul), although the inscription does not say who constructed the tunnel. The new findings refute a recent claim that suggested a much later date for the tunnel. The complicated tunneling project initiated by King Hezekiah brought water into the city of Jerusalem, protecting this valuable resource during the siege in 701 B.C.E. by the Assyrians, under their King Sancherib.
The half-kilometer long tunnel was constructed without using intermediate shafts, an engineering innovation for its day. A simpler method, used for thousands of years, was based on excavating vertical shafts from the surface. Short, horizontal tunnels were then cut from the shafts' bottoms, and then easily connected to each other. The Siloam Tunnel is one of the oldest structures in use up to the present day

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Jackie
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Message 9 of 78 (231987)
08-10-2005 4:10 PM
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08-10-2005 4:05 PM


Re: More abuse of archaeology?
Wonderful and thank you I will email you .

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