The archaeological evidence in support of the historicity of the Bible is overwhelming!
“On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one archaeologist has found his respect for the Bible increased by the experience of excavation in Palestine. Archaeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics.” – Millar Burrows, Professor of Archaeology, Yale University1
Not any one of the multiple thousands of discoveries made refutes the biblical accounts. Due to limited space, here are just a few of those discoveries (please visit references provided for more details) —
The Walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:20) uncovered by British archaeologist, Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950’s.
The House of David inscription …show more content…
All artifacts date around 1446 B.C.,— the time of the
Exodus.5
Herod the Great - In 1996 Israeli Professor of Archaeology Ehud Netzer discovered in Masada a piece of broken pottery with an inscription, called an ostracon. Dated to 19 BC, the inscription is in Latin and reads, “Herod the Great King of the Jews (or Judea)”, the first such that mentions the full title of King Herod.6
John the Baptist—In 2010 a team of Bulgarian archaeologists excavated a small alabaster box containing several pieces of bone from under the altar of the fourth century AD St. Ivan the Forerunner Church on Sveti Ivan, a Black Sea island off Sozopol on the Bulgarian coast, believed to be the remains of John the Baptist.6
Nearby, they discover a small tuff box bearing inscriptions in ancient Greek: “The inscription makes it clear that a man named Thomas, ‘God’s servant brought a particle of St. John here on the 24th.’ Even though some of the end letters are missing, the Inscription in Greek makes it clear that the date refers to the [traditional] birthday of St. John the Baptist, June
“On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one archaeologist has found his respect for the Bible increased by the experience of excavation in Palestine. Archaeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics.” – Millar Burrows, Professor of Archaeology, Yale University1
Not any one of the multiple thousands of discoveries made refutes the biblical accounts. Due to limited space, here are just a few of those discoveries (please visit references provided for more details) —
The Walls of Jericho (Joshua 6:20) uncovered by British archaeologist, Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950’s.
The House of David inscription …show more content…
All artifacts date around 1446 B.C.,— the time of the
Exodus.5
Herod the Great - In 1996 Israeli Professor of Archaeology Ehud Netzer discovered in Masada a piece of broken pottery with an inscription, called an ostracon. Dated to 19 BC, the inscription is in Latin and reads, “Herod the Great King of the Jews (or Judea)”, the first such that mentions the full title of King Herod.6
John the Baptist—In 2010 a team of Bulgarian archaeologists excavated a small alabaster box containing several pieces of bone from under the altar of the fourth century AD St. Ivan the Forerunner Church on Sveti Ivan, a Black Sea island off Sozopol on the Bulgarian coast, believed to be the remains of John the Baptist.6
Nearby, they discover a small tuff box bearing inscriptions in ancient Greek: “The inscription makes it clear that a man named Thomas, ‘God’s servant brought a particle of St. John here on the 24th.’ Even though some of the end letters are missing, the Inscription in Greek makes it clear that the date refers to the [traditional] birthday of St. John the Baptist, June