Bible Archaeology. The Bible's Greatest Secrets
MOTB - The Bible's Greatest Secrets (archaeology): Both contemporary scientists and those from the last century have taken their cues from scripture when digging. Among the digs studied: the excavation of the 3,000-year-old remains of the towns of Beersheba and Capernaum. Also, there are accidental finds like a shepherd's 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave. We examine the relationship between archaeology and the bible by discussing such personalities as Sir William Flinders Petrie, whose ballerina attire convinced the Egyptians it would be harmless to let him measure the pyramids. The husband-and-wife team of Eric and Carol Meyers explain how their work on Masada both confirms and contradicts the only contemporaneous historical account of the siege and mass suicide there. Finally, there's a good example of technology at work: electromagnetic images eliminate random digging and a computer model graphically resurrects ancient Jerusalem.
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