Archaeologists find coffin in Israel with Egyptian artifacts
Apr 10, 2014 10:24:43 GMT
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Post by Benjamin on Apr 10, 2014 10:24:43 GMT
This is a big find.
The Exodus is often pointed to by skeptics as a weak point in the Bible's archaeological record.
Finds like this are incredibly valuable in that context, and certainly interesting for us, too.
Personally, I believe that the traditional Exodus route is wrong (read here about that: www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-mt-sinai.htm).
Finds like this, though, help validate that which we already know - that God led the Hebrews out of Egypt, and, after 40 years wandering in the wilderness, into the Promised Land.
Anyway- from the source:
sources: www.trunews.com/archaeologists-find-coffin-related-israelites-exodus-egypt/
news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-coffin-unearthed-in-israel-140409.htm
The Exodus is often pointed to by skeptics as a weak point in the Bible's archaeological record.
Finds like this are incredibly valuable in that context, and certainly interesting for us, too.
Personally, I believe that the traditional Exodus route is wrong (read here about that: www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-mt-sinai.htm).
Finds like this, though, help validate that which we already know - that God led the Hebrews out of Egypt, and, after 40 years wandering in the wilderness, into the Promised Land.
Anyway- from the source:
Archaeologists unearthed an ancient coffin in northern Israel, and linked it to the age of pharaohs and the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, officials said.
Scientists at the burial site also found a golden scarab which had the seal of Egyptian pharaoh Seti I, who ruled in the late Bronze Age, according to Israel’s Antiquities Authority.
Seti I was the father of Ramses II, whom some scholars have identified as the pharaoh who ruled during the Israelites’ escape from slavery in ancient Egypt.
Scientists at the burial site also found a golden scarab which had the seal of Egyptian pharaoh Seti I, who ruled in the late Bronze Age, according to Israel’s Antiquities Authority.
Seti I was the father of Ramses II, whom some scholars have identified as the pharaoh who ruled during the Israelites’ escape from slavery in ancient Egypt.
sources: www.trunews.com/archaeologists-find-coffin-related-israelites-exodus-egypt/
news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-coffin-unearthed-in-israel-140409.htm
