They are starting to drill at an alleged site of Noah's Ark. Lets have a Biblical archaeology thread
Posted: Today 11:58:49 PM EDT
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Today, with permission, they started to drill for samples. Archaeologists Begin Core Drilling in Unprecedented Study at Alleged Site of Noah's Ark https://www.westernjournal.com/archaeologists-begin-core-drilling-unprecedented-study-alleged-site-noahs-ark/ (Starts playing background spooky music...) This site was revelead/made visable by an earth quake the same week Israel officially became a modern nation (May of 1948) My guess....they will find nothing but will frame it in some way to still get money. Its the nature of things. I do love biblical archaeology though. How about this one if you missed it....which is something far more compelling. Evidence matching the First Temple destruction biblical narrative. Burned wooden beams from Jerusalem’s First Temple destruction found preserved after 2,600 years. https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/wooden-beams-from-jerusalems-first-temple-destruction/ |
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I find biblical archeology fascinating. It's pretty tough to separate the theology from the science unfortunately though. That said the article you linked is a rock. I was kinda hoping this was gonna be at gobekli tepe. |
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| If you’re into the archaeology side of Biblical history, you ought to check out Dr. Jeremiah Johnston and some of the material he’s put out. Very visual and digestible content. Not to mention he’s an ardent patriot and big 2A guy. Shawn Ryan had him on recently. |
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Random Biblical Archaeology Memory: I was passing through Israel a while ago (selling silencers to folks in the area, as I sometimes do) and thought it was pretty cool to get to see the Caesarea Maritima ruins. This is basically Pontius Pilate's beach palace (Pilate = the Roman ruler that found Jesus Christ innocent, but still sentenced him to a crucifixion death for political reasons). Originally built by Herod the Great (the dude that had all the babies in the area slaughtered when he heard there was a "King of the Jews" being born under his reign, thought it might be a competitor to his throne he could nip in the bud, so to speak.) There's a lot of fake / traditional "maybe that's the place" shrines and such in the Middle East, but this one's pretty straight up history and not in any doubt of authenticity. Sometimes people don't have a connection between an old religious book and the concrete reality of a place they can stand in front of and go "Yep, that's the place/guy in the Bible." There's literally a yard sign they found in a 1961 excavation that had a Latin inscription explicitly identifying this was the house of "Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea". Interestingly, the only contemporary archaeological artifact verifying his historical existence. Side note: If I was a rich ruler, I would have picked this location as my HQ / beach house as well: beautiful seaside compound. The palace was built directly onto a rocky peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean with an Olympic-sized pool carved straight out of the natural bedrock. Despite being surrounded by ocean saltwater, it was filled with fresh water drawn from an underground water table. Baller as heck. Horse stables carved into the rocky hill, an ampitheater, etc. ETA: Totally forgot, but Googled to catch my brain up. This Caesarea by the Sea place is also the location the famous follower-of-Jesus Paul was jailed while he waited to appeal his case before King Agrippa II in the bible's Acts 26 chapter. (Here he gave his dramatic conversion story about walking on the road to Damascus, which some in this thread will be familiar with. King Agrippa heard his impressive story and famously replied, "Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?") I mean, prison is prison, so sucked I'm sure, but if I had to be jailed somewhere this seems a nice place! |
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Originally Posted By GraythornTactical: If you’re into the archaeology side of Biblical history, you ought to check out Dr. Jeremiah Johnston and some of the material he’s put out. Very visual and digestible content. Not to mention he’s an ardent patriot and big 2A guy. Shawn Ryan had him on recently. 
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Originally Posted By Turnkey: I just learned about Hezekiah's Tunnel the other day. Very interesting stuff. I can host a Judean/Israelite or Christian tour with a choose your own (potentially disappointing) adventure: Do you want the fabled traditional story or do you want what probably really happened? Jewish or Christian themed, your choice. Only I'm not up to touring some of the really interesting stuff over in the nuthead locations in the West Bank anymore which is a little like visiting Watts Towers in Los Angeles wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt. |