Purple cloth from Biblical times found, according to Science (AAAS) News 29 January 2021, Times of Israel and PLoS ONE 28 January 2021 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245897. Archaeologists in Israel have found pieces of woollen cloth coloured with a distinctive purple dye made from murex sea snails. This dye gives a rich vivid purple colour and was […]
Scientists writing in the American Journal of Human Genetics, doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.013 August 3, 2017 claim: “Uncertainties also surround the fate of the Canaanites: the Bible reports the destruction of the Canaanite cities and the annihilation of its people; if true, the Canaanites could not have directly contributed genetically to present-day populations”. This claim is reiterated […]
“Best dated biblical structure” confirmed by carbon dating, according to Nature Science Update, 11 Sep 2003. Geologist Amos Frumkin of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem has carbon dated plant remains embedded in the plaster lining the Siloam Tunnel that bring water into Jerusalem. His results indicated the tunnel was built around 700BC, corresponding exactly with the […]