JL BIG LIL and anyone else who is interested

Just wanted to ask if you have or if you had ever thought.

Would you go to the middle east/ Israel,Egypt. to do a dig.

I know there are archiological digs going off in various parts,or have been.I think it would be great to do one and find something that was in or part of the Biblical story.

Have you ever had the oppurtunity to.

 

Hemsworth, have you been hacking bbs accounts again? Yer little shitehawk!!

 

Excuse my ignorance as a non-religious person but I thought a lot of Christians (creationists etc aside) consider much of the Bible to be allegorical? I don't think there'd be much chance of finding a piece of Noah's Ark or the fossil of a burnt out bush.

 

Hello mate

No, as yet I've not had the opportunity to go on such a dig, but I would love to do so. To target the specific era you suggest, anything from approximately 2500 BCE, may help or hinder various religious bodies and, perhaps, challenge core beliefs. Due to such potential challenges, I would hope that there'd be no undue political pressure on the aims of such a dig. Nor any be applied when assessing remains or artefacts that may be uncovered.

 

i think you will find your wrong.Archeologists found what they believe to be part of Noahs ark last year,it is still been tested.

also all the things found so far have backed up and confirmed many of the stories of the Bible

 

Re: Hello mate

Thanks,im doing a Jewish learning class and one of our discussions was to do with archiological findings, it was extremley interesting,and i wondered if it would be something that interested you.
We were focused on 2 findings, one in 1986 when the Raiders of the lost ark was realesed, a film about the search for the ark of the covenent,at the same time archologists found what they thought was the ark,James Cameron funded that finding.
also a story of a shepheard who lost sheep in the mountains of Galilee in the 1920s, whilst looking for them he discovered earthenware pots that dated back to the biblical times.Inside were scrptures on parchment, early Torah readings.

 

The tribes of Israel were nomadic after the Exodus

Which would leave little, or no, archaeological evidence.
Legend has built up in recent years that the Ark Of The Covenant is in a small Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. Whether this is true, or not, will be open to debate until the artefact (if it exists) is studied.
As for the parchment writing, I believe you're talking about the Dead Sea Scrolls? I'm unaware of the veracity of any findings from the 1920's near the Sea Of Galilee.

 

the Tribes of Dodworth were also nomadic I was telled..

they migrated to the expanses of Ilkley moor in search of the Ark of the Chronicle, which is now believed to be hidden in darkest Cudworth. You may also be thinking of their quest for the Izal Rolls.

 

I'm pretty sure they didn't. Are you referring to this? http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...nce-noahs-ark-turkey-black-sea_n_2278004.html

""The oldest shipwreck that we have discovered so far of that area is around 500 BC, classical period," Ballard said. "But the question is you just keep searching. It's a matter of statistics."

"It's foolish to think you will ever find [the Ark].""

I'm not knocking faith, I'm agnostic and have no proof that there isn't a god, but equally I've yet to see anything that proves that there likely is a god.

 

Re: the Tribes of Dodworth were also nomadic I was telled..

You're an extremely special person. Extremely special.

 

Re: The tribes of Israel were nomadic after the Exodus

got my dates all a jumble big lil the dead sea scrolls were found in 1947, and what they thought was the ark of covenant was found in Galilee area.

it was made of stone and the original ark they believe was wood, so has probably decayed away

 

This is why

There has to be great care when taking part in archaeological digs in, or around, the Holy Land. Whether one has religious beliefs or not, there's no doubt that greater care is required when studying & discussing artefacts from the region, because of potential political repercussions.

 

Re: The tribes of Israel were nomadic after the Exodus

mansfield red no it wasnt that i was referring to.

just trying to think where i saw it if i remember i will try to find and post a link

 

What?? What time is it there? Happy hour?!!

 

Re: This is why

agree with that big lil. I dont think of myself as religious, but my wife is jewish and when we had our jewish wedding ceremony the Rabbi asked if we would take an interfaith jewish learning class, and i must admit it is very interesting.

 

its always happy hour here MR C LOL

 

Whether one is religious or not

People were certainly living in and around the Holy Land (as we call it) during what we refer to as the Bronze & Iron Ages. I've had discussions with professionals who have experience of working in the area and the problems they faced. Political & religious bias must be kept at arm's length at all times. This issue can be problematic, dependant upon who is financing the dig.

 

there is also reason to take care in the Dark age of Dodworth

The Ark of the Chronicle is still lost, however the order of the Star of Sheffield still contests this. The Order of the Star , which have followings in many parts of the shire, still adhere to the existance of the fabled tribe .... The Massaive of the S6. This once apparent mystical tribe planned a crusade into Europe... " Europe in FIVE years" was their plan. This Crusade failed, however the local Holy Houses of POG made it their way to uphold their Holiness and mightiness. However the Barbarnslian hordes tilted in a less favourable way to this. The Massaive held Court to a lesser Chieftain Known as the 'Ryan of the Pikes' ..he worshipped them from afar. But in the background lurked a secret order, This was Known as "The Order of the Blunted Blade" it was led once by a Strange demented Shaman known as the Collin...he was usurped by many ...the Latest being ' Black Morgan the Slayer'. This order would never allude to the meaning of the Crusades the Massaive were bent upon. The lesser tribes began to rise, the Millers of the Moor became active as did the Followers of the'Twisted Spire'. It was a time of dread in the shire, the only unity was the dread of the 'White ones' that dwelt in a place of murk and mire from lands to the North.

 

Re: there is also reason to take care in the Dark age of Dodworth

i once went on a dig in York and discovered a old Tampax on further inspection i was informed it was from the Roman period ........TAXI...

 

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