December 9, 2011 – 10:46 pm
Matti Friedman of the Associated Press published news about a recent excavation in the City of David in Jerusalem, near the Gihon Spring. The excavation revealed an interesting set of markings carved into the stone floor of a room, and expert archeologists cannot determine what their meaning or use was. The markings consist of three [...]
Since the recent events surrounding the seeming forgery of the Jordan Lead Codices, I thought it would be good to bring back to mind the authentic discoveries made within the last century of ancient writings on metal plates. There are literally hundreds of examples of such plates all around the world. I’m indebted to William [...]
I’ve posted about the discovery of the Jordanian lead plates two times now, and have been following the news stories closely over the last few days. As I have said, extensive investigation must still be done to verify the authenticity of the find, and determine facts such as precise dating, who made them, and their [...]
UPDATE: See the latest updates about this discovery at Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery? – A few days ago we wrote about an interesting discovery of ancient sealed metal plates that were found within the last few years in Jordan, and are starting to create a stir among archeologists. The BBC News religious affairs [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Tagged archaeology, collection, early christian, holy of holies, jerusalem, Jewish, margaret barker, origin, photos, sealed, symbols, worthiness
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UPDATE: See the latest updates about this discovery at Jordanian Lead Plates: Authentic or Forgery? – David Larsen at HeavenlyAscents.com has pointed out an interesting recent discovery (see his posts here and here). A collection of dozens of books made from metal plates have been found in Jordan that initial tests show date from the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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