We got this story from another website found at this link We are not going to harp on it as this seems to be an honest mistake as well as a careless one. Potsherd Inscribed with the Name of Darius I Found at Lachish Is Not Authentic A hiker exploring at Tel Lachish National ParkContinue reading “Everyone Makes Mistakes”
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Different Archaeological Topics
We will provide some comments underneath the quote passages of each article. #1. Mystery of Roman coins discovered on shipwreck island has archaeologists baffled Archaeologists are baffled but excited by the discovery of two silver coins from the Roman Empire on a remote island in the Baltic Sea, halfway between Sweden and Estonia. No cluesContinue reading “Different Archaeological Topics”
What is Happening
There are different discoveries and events taking place. we have not weighed in on the Mexican mummy issue and do not expect to anytime in the near future. But we do have a discovery from Mexico. In fact, we will start with that discovery as it is about an archaeological phenomenon. #1. Mexican archaeologists discoverContinue reading “What is Happening”
Ancient Writing- Who were they writing too
There are many archaeologists and scholars who claim that the ancient world was illiterate. This is a very dubious claim as you will see due to the fact that almost every ancient civilization left a hoard of written material. Some are written in languages we have not deciphered yet. But if the ancient world, forContinue reading “Ancient Writing- Who were they writing too”
Peer Review is NOT Biblical
One of the reasons the people at ABR or Associates for Biblical Research do not like us is that we challenge so many of their conclusions. They have gone to the point of specifically telling us to leave them alone. But we do that with many Christians as we feel they have strayed away fromContinue reading “Peer Review is NOT Biblical”
New Egyptian Mummy Thinking
There is an interesting article over at the BBC Cultural website section and it is called- Have we got Ancient Egypt’s mummies all wrong? It seems that some researchers do not like the idea of other researchers getting inside the coffins, and investigating personal details like age, cause of death, and so on. For starters,Continue reading “New Egyptian Mummy Thinking”
Don’t Pigeon Hole the Past
One of the problems with researching the past is that it is easy to get caught up in one discovery. When that mistake is made, another greater mistake is made. When one gets caught up in previous discoveries they tend to extrapolate those rituals and habits etc., to every era in a civilization. One exampleContinue reading “Don’t Pigeon Hole the Past”
Interesting Discoveries
Sorry for the delay. We have been busy recently and have not been able to get back to this website very often. #1. Bronze Age ice skates with bone blades discovered in China Hockey may have been invented long before it is credited to being invented. Archaeologists in China have unearthed 3,500-year-old ice skates craftedContinue reading “Interesting Discoveries”
Not Really Mayan
That is our reaction to this story about archaeologists finding more Mayan cities- Scientists Found a Mind-Blowing Mayan Civilization Buried in Plain Sight. In a new study published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica, researchers from Texas-based universities used LiDAR, or laser-based imaging, to open up more of Maya settlement history than ever known before. TheContinue reading “Not Really Mayan”
Ancient Alcohol
The Bible tells us that nothing is new under the sun, Ecc. 1:9, and that is also true for everything alcohol-related. if there was alcohol in the ancient world, then we can conclude that there were drunks, domestic violence due to alcohol, abuse, alcohol-related crimes, and so on. We know that Noah, after the flood,Continue reading “Ancient Alcohol”