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FOR YOUNG PALEONTOLOGISTS SCORPIONS – ANOTHER PUNCTURING OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

Ronald Knisley Scorpions are in the news now because of the release of the movie Scorpion King. Based loosely on history, this movie is about one of the first Pharaohs in Egypt. In the movie, warlord Memnon puts the venom or poison of a scorpion on an arrowhead and tells an assassin to use it … Continue reading “FOR
YOUNG PALEONTOLOGISTS
SCORPIONS – ANOTHER PUNCTURING OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION”

THE SCORPION KING

For Young Archaeologists Gary A. Byers As usual, the Hollywood movie The Scorpion King is another example where an ancient historical character is used in a plot that has little to do with real history. “The Rock,” a professional wrestler, plays the role of the Scorpion King. I was surprised to find out that there … Continue reading “THE
SCORPION KING”

MOSES AND HATSHEPSUT

David G. Hansen One of the most interesting questions about Old Testament history concerns the Exodus occurrence and who might have been the Pharaoh. An article in Archaeology and Biblical Research by J. LoMusio several years ago provided a well-reasoned argument, with considerable evidence that Moses lived during Egyptian Dynasty 18 in the 15th century … Continue reading “MOSES
AND HATSHEPSUT”

REVIEW OF THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: ARCHAEOLOGY’S NEW VISION OF ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE ORIGIN OF IT’S SACRED TEXT, BY ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN AND NEIL SILBERMAN

Richard S. Hess New York: The Free Press, 2001, hardback. x + 385 pp. ISBN 0–684-86912–8. This book is written by a member of the “new generation’’ of Israeli archaeologists who holds a professorship at the University of Tel Aviv, and by a journalist who has published critical analyses of the history of archaeology of … Continue reading “REVIEW
OF THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: ARCHAEOLOGY’S NEW VISION OF ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE
ORIGIN OF IT’S SACRED TEXT, BY ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN AND NEIL SILBERMAN”

RETHINKING THE CRUCIFIED MAN FROM GIV’AT HA-MIVTAR

John J. Davis The 1968 discovery of the remains of a crucified man in a cave at Giv’at ha-Mivtar in Israel created considerable interest among both Biblical and archaeological scholars (Kuhn 1978:118–22, 1979:303–34; Naveh 1970:33–37; Strange 1976:199–200; Tzaferis 1970:18–32 Yadin 1973:18–22). A brief summary of N. Haas’s original work appeared in the last issue of … Continue reading “RETHINKING
THE CRUCIFIED MAN FROM GIV’AT HA-MIVTAR”