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Articles: Devotion | Archeological Evidence
- Mrs. Sravani Suresh Anand
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Hazor
Mentioned in Joshua 11:1 and Jer. 49:48
Excavations: 'This large Canaanite and Israelite city in upper Galilee was excavated under Yigael Yadin's direction from 1955 to 1958 and from 1968 to 1970.' (Horn, Siegfried H., Biblical Archaeology: a Generation of Discovery; Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan; 1985. p. 40.)
Hesbon
Mentioned in Joshua 12:2
Excavations: Excavations were undertaken by Andrews University from 1968 to 1976. (Achtemeier, Paul J., Th.D., Harper’s Bible Dictionary, (San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.; 1985.)
Jericho
Mentioned in Numbers 22:1
Excavations: 'Jericho was the oldest inhabited and fortified city ever excavated.' (Horn, Siegfried H., Biblical Archaeology: a Generation of Discovery; Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan; 1985. p. 37)
'The city of OT times is represented today by a mound 70 feet high and 10 acres in area...The ancient city was excavated by C. Warren (1867), E. Sellin and C. Watzinger (1907-09), J. Garstang (1930-36), and K. Kenyon (1952-58).' (Achtemeier, Paul J., Th.D., Harper’s Bible Dictionary; San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.; 1985.)
'The first scientific excavation there (1907-9) was by Sellin and Watzinger (Jericho, 1913).' (The New Bible Dictionary; Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1962.).
Joppa
Mentioned in Acts 9:38
Excavations: 'During excavations of the site of ancient Joppa a thirteenth-century b.c. citadel gate was uncovered...' (Achtemeier, Paul J., Th.D., Harper’s Bible Dictionary, (San Francisco: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.; 1985.)
Nineveh
Mentioned in 2 Kings 19:36 and Jonah 1:1-2
Excavations: Excavated in from 1845 to 1857 by Austen H. Layard. (Douglas, J. D., Comfort, Philip W. & Mitchell, Donald, Editors, Who’s Who in Christian History, (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1992.)
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