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Post by Shep on Apr 19, 2017 16:19:53 GMT
EGYPT * 8 mummies in a tomb April 18, 2017 - Egyptian archaeologists discover 8 mummies in 3,500-year-old tomb near Luxor. The death vault dated roughly from 1,500 to 1,000 B.C belonged to a nobleman named Userhat. Userhat worked as the city judge. The tomb, discovered in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near the Valley of the Kings, also contained colourful wooden coffins and more than 1,000 funerary statues. There are 10 coffins and eight mummies. The tomb comprised an open courtyard leading to two halls, one containing four ancient coffins and the other including a chamber that houses six. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3355799/egyptian-archaeologists-discover-eight-mummies-luxorPyramid in Israel April 22, 2017 - Archaeologists to probe ancient pyramid in Judean Hills southwest of Jerusalem. Preserved pyramid-topped mortuary complex in Israel dates back to Second Temple and Roman eras. Excavation at Khirbet Midras will try to determine who resettled town after ruin in Bar Kochba revolt. Judeans apparently began building pyramid-topped tombs during the end of the First Temple periods and through the Second Temple period. The book of 1 Maccabees describes how Simon Maccabee erected a monument near Modiin with 7 pyramids facing one another for his father and his mother and his four brothers slain in the uprising against the Seleucid Greeks. www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-to-probe-ancient-pyramid-in-judean-hills
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Post by Shep on Jun 4, 2017 16:26:40 GMT
Archaeology Canada Jun 3, 2017 dahboo - Ancient 14,000-Year-Old City Older Than Egyptian Pyramids Unearthed in B.C. Canada north of Victoria on an island. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4UmwtYXxA
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Post by Shep on Jun 28, 2017 12:20:26 GMT
Egypt Mummies Jun 27, 2017 - DNA Discovery of Ancient Mummies supports Biblical Narrative of descendants of Ham, the son of Noah. The biblical narrative that the first Egyptian Dynasty descended from the biblical Ham, the son of Noah, as told in the book of Genesis, may be supported by recent research based on DNA taken from Egyptian mummies. Researchers found unexpected results when decoding the genome of ancient Egyptians. They concluded that preserved remains found in Abusir-el Meleq, Middle Egypt, were the closest genetic relatives of Neolithic and Bronze Age populations from the Near East, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean Europeans. Genesis 10:5-6 states: Of these were the isles of the nations divided. And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim (NIV - Egypt), and Put, and Canaan. Mizraim settled in Egypt whereas Cush settled in Africa, establishing two distinct and separate nations that did not share a common heritage. www.christianpost.com/news/dna-discovery-of-ancient-mummies-supports-biblical-narrative-of-descendants-of-ham-son-of-noah-189582The sons of HamCush, Mizraim (Egypt), Put, and Canaan. biblehub.com/genesis/10-6.htm
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Post by Shep on Jul 1, 2017 12:49:05 GMT
Ancient Nicaea church found underwater July 1, 2017 - The remains of a 1,600-year-old Byzantine basilica will become a museum. Archaeologists suspect that the church found at the site of the Councils of Nicaea was built in the year 325. If the assessment is correct, the timing actually places the church right around during the time of the First Council of Nicaea. The ancient basilica is at the bottom of 7 feet of water in Lake Iznik in Bursa, Turkey. www.christianpost.com/news/1600-year-old-basilica-of-ancient-nicaea-found-underwater-to-become-a-museum-190147The Nicene Creed The Nicene Creed is a Symbol of faith widely used in Christian liturgy. It was originally adopted in the city of Nicaea (Iznik, Turkey) by the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and amended in 381 at Constantinople (Turkey) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_CreedThe Apostles Creed I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost: I believe in the holy catholic church: the communion of saints: The forgiveness of sins: The resurrection of the body: And the life everlasting. Amen. www.ccel.org/creeds/apostles.creed.htmlSalvation mehaf.freeforums.net/thread/138biblehub.com/john/14-6.htmbiblehub.com/john/3-16.htm
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Post by Shep on Jul 15, 2017 19:29:54 GMT
Archaeology * Naboth’s Vineyard July 15, 2017 - An archaeologist in Israel discovery validates the Bible’s account of a man named Naboth and his ownership of a vineyard. Naboth’s vineyard was likely established sometime before 300 BCE. Dr. Norma Franklin confirmed that the Jezreel Valley was a wine-producing region, as the Bible says it is. The Jezreel Expedition team used laser technology to analyze the region and found several wine and olive presses, as well as over 100 bottle-shaped pits carved into the stone of the region. Franklin believes these hewn-out imprints were used to store wine in ancient times. This discovery confirms the biblical account of Naboth and his vineyard in I Kings 21. There, the Bible tells the story of a man named Naboth who owned a vineyard. Israel’s wicked king Ahab coveted Naboth’s beautiful vineyard and ended up having Naboth killed so he could take the vineyard for himself. www.christianheadlines.com/blog/archaeologists-discover-evidence-of-naboth-s-vineyard-referenced-in-bible.html1 Kings 21 biblehub.com/niv/1_kings/21.htm
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Post by Shep on Aug 7, 2017 9:52:48 GMT
Canaanite Gene proves the Bible right Aug 7, 2017 - Proof genocide is impossible. The American Journal of Human Genetics published a study connecting the DNA of ancient Canaanites to modern-day people in Lebanon. The Bible suggests that the ancient Canaanites were wiped out, but scientists just found their descendants living in Lebanon. Canaanites were not annihilated by Israelites. The Bible does not say the Israelites wiped out the Canaanites, in fact, it explicitly says they survived. Israel did not drive them out completely, but allowed Canaanites to live among them. Judges 1:28 pjmedia.com/faith/2017/08/01/canaanite-gene-study-actually-proves-the-bible-right-but-dont-tell-the-media209.157.64.200/focus/f-chat/3575102/posts
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Post by hebrews1135 on Aug 10, 2017 14:29:49 GMT
Archaeologists Think They Have Located The Biblical City of Bethsaida Home Of Philip, Andrew And Peter Last month, archaeologists from the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Kinneret College in Israel and Nyack College in New York completed excavations at el-Araj on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. El-Araj has long been considered a possible location of ancient Julias, which was also known as Bethsaida. “The results of this season’s excavation indicate that el-Araj should now be considered a leading candidate for the lost city of Jesus’ Apostles,” explained the excavation team, in a statement emailed to Fox News. 8/8/17 www.nowtheendbegins.com/archaeologists-think-located-biblical-city-bethsaida-home-philip-andrew-peter/Experts believe they have found the lost Roman city of Julias, formerly the village of Bethsaida, which was the home of Jesus’ apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. “Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” John 1:44,45 (KJV) EDITOR’S NOTE: Unlike the fictitious book of Mormon, whose imaginary cities have never appeared in anywhere in real life, nearly all of the ancient cities and locations mentioned in the Old and New Testaments of the King James Bible have been found. Until very recently, this city that was the hometown of apostles Philip, Andrew and Peter had remained lost to history. That all changed when a dig by a joint effort between Israeli and American archaeologists uncovered it, right where the trusty, old Bible said it would be. Sorry, Mormons, keep looking for the Nephite capital city Zarahemla, I’m guessing you’ll find it right across from Krypton and Shangri-La. Last month, archaeologists from the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Kinneret College in Israel and Nyack College in New York completed excavations at el-Araj on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. El-Araj has long been considered a possible location of ancient Julias, which was also known as Bethsaida. “The results of this season’s excavation indicate that el-Araj should now be considered a leading candidate for the lost city of Jesus’ Apostles,” explained the excavation team, in a statement emailed to Fox News. “There are indications that we’re excavating Bethsaida-Julia — we have to continue digging to confirm and clarify,” Steven Notley of Nyack College, the dig’s academic director, told Fox News. “This is really one of the few biblical sites that has remained lost.” The Roman city of Julias was born out of the Jewish fishing village of Bethsaida during the 1st century AD, according to the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. The New Testament describes Bethsaida as the home of Jesus’ apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. Jesus also healed a blind man at Bethsaida, according to Mark 8:22-26, while Luke 9:10-17 describes a nearby location for the feeding of the 5,000 people. While many experts had previously assumed there was no human presence at el-Araj during the Roman period, this summer’s excavations have shed new light on the site. A previously unearthed Byzantine structure, for example, offered plenty of clues to the archaeologists. More than 30 coins found beneath the structure’s floor dated its construction to the 5th century AD. Below the Byzantine-era level, however, Roman-era pottery dating back to between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD was found, along with a bronze coin from the late 2nd century and a silver denarius coin of the Emperor Nero that dates from 65 to 66 AD. Some 6.6 feet below the Byzantine floor, a Roman-period wall also was discovered. Adjacent to the wall was a large section of black-and-white mosaic floor with mortar, clay bricks and ceramic vents typical of Roman bathhouses. The archaeologists note that Roman-style baths were uncommon in rural settlements, so their presence at el-Araj indicates an urban site, making it a strong candidate for the city of Julias. Geological research also suggests that the Sea of Galilee, the second-lowest lake in the world, was at a lower level than previously thought during the Roman era. Experts had long thought the lake was 686 feet below sea level in Roman times, with the el-Araj site underwater until the Byzantine period centuries later. The Roman wall, however, was discovered at a depth of 692 feet below sea level. Geologists studying el-Araj found that the site was covered with mud and clay, possibly from flooding of the nearby Jordan River,\ and abandoned sometime between 250 AD and 350 AD. “The Roman layer was buried at a certain period by these sediments derived from the nearby outlets of the Jordan River and Meshushim stream,” explained Noam Greenbaum of Haifa University, who participated in the excavation. “We hope to deepen and extend our study in the future in order to clarify the full picture.” source
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Post by hebrews1135 on Aug 28, 2017 17:10:23 GMT
3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet rewrites the history of maths8/24/17 A 3,700-year-old clay tablet has proven that the Babylonians developed trigonometry 1,500 years before the Greeks and were using a sophisticated method of mathematics which could change how we calculate today. The tablet, known as Plimpton 332, was discovered in the early 1900s in Southern Iraq by the American archaeologist and diplomat Edgar Banks, who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. The true meaning of the tablet has eluded experts until now but new research by the University of New South Wales, Australia, has shown it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, which was probably used by ancient architects to construct temples, palaces and canals. However unlike today’s trigonometry, Babylonian mathematics used a base 60, or sexagesimal system, rather than the 10 which is used today. Because 60 is far easier to divide by three, experts studying the tablet, found that the calculations are far more accurate. “Our research reveals that Plimpton 322 describes the shapes of right-angle triangles using a novel kind of trigonometry based on ratios, not angles and circles,” said Dr Daniel Mansfield of the School of Mathematics and Statistics in the UNSW Faculty of Science. “It is a fascinating mathematical work that demonstrates undoubted genius. The tablet not only contains the world’s oldest trigonometric table; it is also the only completely accurate trigonometric table, because of the very different Babylonian approach to arithmetic and geometry. “This means it has great relevance for our modern world. Babylonian mathematics may have been out of fashion for more than 3000 years, but it has possible practical applications in surveying, computer graphics and education. “This is a rare example of the ancient world teaching us something new.” The Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived around 120BC, has long been regarded as the father of trigonometry, with his ‘table of chords’ on a circle considered the oldest trigonometric table. A trigonometric table allows a user to determine two unknown ratios of a right-angled triangle using just one known ratio. But the tablet is far older than Hipparchus, demonstrating that the Babylonians were already well advanced in complex mathematics far earlier. Babylon, which was in modern day Iraq, was once one of the most advanced cultures in the world The tablet, which is thought to have come from the ancient Sumerian city of Larsa, has been dated to between 1822 and 1762 BC. It is now in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in New York. “Plimpton 322 predates Hipparchus by more than 1000 years,” says Dr Wildberger. “It opens up new possibilities not just for modern mathematics research, but also for mathematics education. With Plimpton 322 we see a simpler, more accurate trigonometry that has clear advantages over our own. “A treasure-trove of Babylonian tablets exists, but only a fraction of them have been studied yet. The mathematical world is only waking up to the fact that this ancient but very sophisticated mathematical culture has much to teach us.” The 15 rows on the tablet describe a sequence of 15 right-angle triangles, which are steadily decreasing in inclination. The left-hand edge of the tablet is broken but the researchers believe t there were originally six columns and that the tablet was meant to be completed with 38 rows. “Plimpton 322 was a powerful tool that could have been used for surveying fields or making architectural calculations to build palaces, temples or step pyramids,” added Dr Mansfield. The new study is published in Historia Mathematica, the official journal of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics. www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/24/3700-year-old-babylonian-tablet-rewrites-history-maths-could/
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Post by hebrews1135 on Aug 31, 2017 20:50:00 GMT
Archaeologists Say They Might Have Found the Biblical City of Bethsaida, Home to Peter, Andrew, Philip8/30/17 Archaeologists in Israel state that they might have found the biblical city of Bethsaida, which was the hometown of apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip. The excavation was conducted in the upper Jordan Valley by the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at Kinneret College, and led by Dr. Mordechai Aviam of the institute, as well as Dr. R. Steven Notley, a professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Nyack College in New York. “This is a discovery that will arouse great interest among early Christian scholars, historians of the New Testament, and scholars of the land of Israel in general, and the Jewish Galilee during the Second Temple period in particular,” Aviam told the Jerusalem Post. He explained to the outlet that there are a number of details that would indicate the el-Araj location aligns with the historic site, including artifacts that suggest the area was occupied by the Romans in the first century. “A layer from the Roman period was discovered in the current [excavation] season, with potsherds and coins from the first to the third centuries CE,” Aviam said. “The layer from the Roman period was found at a depth of two meters below a layer from the Byzantine period. Our main surprise was that at the bottom of the excavation, in a limited area, a wall of a building was discovered, next to which was a mosaic floor and artifacts that characterize a bathhouse.” A coin from the time of Nero at approximately 65-66 CE was also discovered at the excavation site, and researchers believe that the sea level at the time would have placed the city on the coast of the Sea of Galilee. The site was found covered with mud and clay. “The Roman layer was buried at a certain period by these sediments derived from the nearby outlets of the Jordan River and Meshushim stream,” Noam Greenbaum of Haifa University, who was also a participant in the excavation, told reporters. “We hope to deepen and extend our study in the future in order to clarify the full picture.” Notley likewise seemed cautiously optimistic about the el-Araj location. “There are indications that [as] we’re excavating Bethsaida-Julia we have to continue digging to confirm and clarify,” he told Fox News. “This is really one of the few [biblical sites] that has remained lost.” Notley has been in disagreement with Rami Arav, the director of the Consortium of the Bethsaida Excavations Project at the University of Nebraska, who has been conducting an excavation at et-Tell for 30 years. Arav believes that et-Tell is rather Bethsaida, and wrote in a recent explanation in light of the announcement from Aviam and Notley, “One does not need to be a rocket scientist to see that so far, the claim of the Kinneret College expedition is extremely premature. E-Tell is a better candidate.” The Bible outlines in John 1 that three of Jesus’ disciples lived in Bethsaida. “The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, ‘Follow Me.’ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter,” verses 43 and 44 read. Jesus also healed a blind man in Bethsaida, and additionally multiplied the loaves and fishes to feed 5,000 who had gathered to hear Him teach. “And He cometh to Bethsaida, and they [brought] a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him. And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He had spit on his eyes, and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw ought,” Mark 8:22-26 outlines. Jesus lamented the hard hearts of those in Bethsaida, declaring in Matthew 11:21, “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.” The excavation is expected to resume in June 2018, and researchers would like to continue studying the area for another five seasons. christiannews.net/2017/08/30/archaeologists-say-they-might-have-found-the-biblical-city-of-bethsaida-home-to-peter-andrew-philip/
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