Scholar Find Prove of Bible
"An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.If the age of the wall is correct, the finding would be an indication that Jerusalem was home to a strong central government that had the resources and manpower needed to build massive fortifications in the 10th century B.C.
That's a key point of dispute among scholars, because it would match the Bible's account that the Hebrew kings David and Solomon ruled from Jerusalem around that time."
"While some Holy Land archaeologists support that version of history ? including the archaeologist behind the dig, Eilat Mazar ? others posit that David's monarchy was largely mythical and that there was no strong government to speak of in that era.Speaking to reporters at the site Monday, Mazar, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, called her find "the most significant construction we have from First Temple days in Israel."
"It means that at that time, the 10th century, in Jerusalem there was a regime capable of carrying out such construction," she said."
In ancient wall, scholar sees proof for Bible - Science- msnbc.com
Re: Scholar Find Prove of Bible
IF this is truth, it would verify parts of the Book of Kings if I'm not mistaken. It would only be for historic relevance, nothing about God existing or anything like that...let's not get too happy.
Archaeologists have excavated the fortifications in the past, first in the 1860s and most recently in the 1980s. But Mazar claimed her dig was the first complete excavation and the first to turn up strong evidence for the wall's age: a large number of pottery shards, which archaeologists often use to figure out the age of findings.
Aren Maeir, an archaeology professor at Bar Ilan University near Tel Aviv, said he has yet to see evidence that the fortifications are as old as Mazar claims. There are remains from the 10th century in Jerusalem, he said, but proof of a strong, centralized kingdom at that time remains "tenuous."
There was a piece from it that was left out in the OP, it has to be proven first. And let me say that I don't care either way, actually like for it to be real, I love findings like this...biblical or not.