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Just Some Archaeology News

#1. Tablets from Iraq reveal lost language of biblical Amorites, adversaries of the Israelites The existence of an ancient people who were frequent adversaries of the Israelites in the Old Testament has been corroborated by a pair of tablets from Iraq.  While the Bible frequently speaks of the Amorites, a nomadic people believed to have

Metal Detecting & Archaeology

Since we wrote the previous piece on metal detecting and its interesting relationship, we did some more research on the topic. It seems that there is a long-standing history between the hobby and the research field. But like many other unique archaeological work, traditional archaeologists want to ban or license those using metal detectors to

An Interesting Relationship

Metal detecting is a unique hobby. Just about anyone can do it if they buy the best equipment. Also, they need to know where they can practice their hobby/ However, it is not a free world anymore and even those who like doing metal detecting have rules to follow. Not only where they can do

A Flat Earth

The medieval church was often blamed for creating the flat earth myth. The priests at that time may have misunderstood when God used common language in the Bible. We have passages in scripture that talk about the four corners of the world and so on. That kind of language is used all the time by

Ancient Korean Astronomy

We have visited Cheomseongdae, Korea’s Oldest Observatory, many times. We used to live in Gyeongju and enjoyed living in that historic city. This building is not in the mountains as back when it was built, there were no electric lights to cloud the skies. This observatory sits in a large plain which is now a

The Accuracy of Babylonian Astronomy

It seems that the Babylonians were very serious about their work. They had a big concern about what would happen in the sky and how it affected their civilization. But one thing we do not like, and it has become a pet peeve over the years is the modern twists attached to their motivations for

Ancient Astronomy- Introduction

One thing about archaeology is that it is a very slow field when it comes to monumental discoveries. Some discoveries are not immediately released to the public simply because the ‘exp[erts’ want to study them. What we will try to do, and this is just an intro to astronomy is to talk a little about

The Invisible Q

This topic is not about archaeology but it is historically based. The title refers to the so-called source book for most of the Gospel writers. But there is a problem with this conclusion. The book does not exist. But we will get to that in a moment. What is really undermining this claim is that