This discussion has focused first on the analysis of ceramics and, more recently, on radiocarbon dating.
An important archaeological method, relying on reconstructing the Earth’s geomagnetic field from several historical periods thousands of years ago, has been used to corroborate the biblical legend of an ancient Egyptian military attack against Israel. according to a report of newsweek, There are some other Old Testament descriptions of Aramaic, Assyrian and Babylonian military campaigns against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which were supported by research, which was published in the journal. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA).
as quoted by newsweek, Yoav Vaknin, a researcher at Tel Aviv University who is the lead author of the interdisciplinary study based on his doctoral thesis, told the outlet that these studies sought to elucidate the events described in the Hebrew Bible, which was the subject of intense discussion among experts. subject is.
“This debate is relevant to the discussion about the historicity of the biblical text,” explained Mr. Vaikin. Newsweek.
This discussion first focused on the analysis of ceramics and, more recently, on radiocarbon dating. According to Mr Vaikinin radiocarbon is quite restricted and does not allow high-resolution dating from about 800 BC to 400 BC.
“We wanted to introduce another chronological tool to help settle this debate. It is very important for the study of events that occurred after 800 BC, a complementary tool to the radiocarbon for earlier periods.” In the U.S., they enable more accurate dating,” he adds.
The methodology of this study revolves around the reconstruction of historical geomagnetic fields from the burnt remains of ancient Israeli settlements. The outlet further said that with the help of these data, researchers have been able to link the archaeological environment to some of the military campaigns described in biblical narratives.
Mr. Waknin also said that he had mainly sampled sun-dried clay bricks that had been burned during fires in ancient cities.
According to newsweek, The direction and strength of the ancient geomagnetic field could be determined by sampling the bricks at their original location, which allowed the worldwide study team to do so.