Have there been any archeological discoveries that have confirmed biblical events?

Question

Facts only please.

Moiraes and thinker: that's a ridiculous thing to say. Harry Potter doesn't claim to be anything other than fiction. The bible however claims to factual.

impossible_dream: I ask for "facts only" because I don't want anyone drawing their own conclusions, eg "there is a God" or "there is not a God". I only want to know about the archeological discoveries.

Monica: which places are not real?

Answer 1

The Smithsonian uses it as a reference book to find archealogical sites.

The Bible said that Pilate was tetriarch of Judea. No one believed it because there were no records of Pilate in Rome. Then they found the stone in Caesarea that confirmed it.

No records of a King David. They just unearthed a stone marker dedicated to him in the are of Dan in Israel.

The Bible spoke of a people that dwelt within the rocks. No one believed it until they discovered Petra.

Scholars have said that there wasn’t a Pool of Siloam and that John was using a religious conceit’ to illustrate a point. Workers repairing a sewage-pipe break uncovered the Pool of Siloam in Old Jerusalem.

The Siloam Inscription was discovered in 1880 on the rock facing near the opening of the tunnel leading from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. It records the successful completion of the tunnel by Hezekiah (725-697 BC). 2 Chronicles 32:30

Several of Solomon's stables as noted in 2 Chronicles 9:25

Modern archeology has made numerous discoveries which confirm events recorded in The Bible, including bricks without straw at Pithon. Lower levels had good quality straw, middle levels had less (including much which was torn up by the roots, as someone in a rush to meet a quota would be inclined to do), and the top levels had no straw at all.

Bible critics had long sneered at references in the Bible to a people called the Hittites and that the Hittites were simply one of the many mythical peoples made up by Bible writers. Toward the end of the 19th century, Hittite monuments were uncovered at Carchemish on the Euphrates River in Syria, proving the Bible right. Later, in 1906, excavations at Boghazkoy in Turkey and uncovered thousands of Hittite documents, revealing a wealth of information about Hittite history and culture.

Critics claimed that the Babylonian captivity did not take place. The Bible gives specific details about the captivity of Judah by the armies of Babylon early in the 6th century B.C. Scholars have said it’s all just another Jewish myth. However, between 1935 and 1938, important discoveries were made 30 miles southwest of Jerusalem at a site thought to be ancient Lachish. Lachish was one of the cities recorded in the Bible as being besieged by the king of Babylon at the same time as the siege of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 34:7). Twenty-one pottery fragments inscribed in the ancient Hebrew script were unearthed in the latest pre-exilic levels of the site. Called the Lachish Ostraca, they were written during the very time of the Babylonian siege.

There is a magazine that has been in circulation since 1974 that deals with nothing but all the evidence in archeology related to the Bible.
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org

It would take you a week to just walk through the Israel Museum to see all the evidence from all the digs. Scribal seals are my favorite...
Megiddo Seal - Jeroboam Inscription
Seal of Baruch, Jeremiah's Scribe
Seal of the City of David
Ezion-Geber Seal
Jerahmeel Seal
Elishama Seal
Hezekiah son of Ahaz Seal
Ahaz Seal
Seal of Gemariah

And more...
http://www.specialtyinterests.net/seal_impressions_ostracon.html

Answer 2

One among many examples is the fact that for many years the existence of the Hittites (a powerful people who lived during the time of Abraham) was questioned because no archaeological digs had uncovered anything about them. Critics claimed the Hittites were pure myth. But today the critics are silenced. Abundant archaeological evidence for the existence of the Hittites during the time of Abraham has been uncovered.
Bible scholar Donald J. Wiseman notes, "The geography of Bible lands and visible remains of antiquity were gradually recorded until today more than 23,000 sites within this region and dating to Old Testament times, in their broadest sense, have been located." Nelson Glueck, a specialist in ancient literature, did an exhaustive study and concluded: "It can be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverter a biblical reference." Well-known scholar William F. Albright, following a comprehensive studies, wrote: "Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of innumerable details, and has brought increased recognition of the value of the Bible as a source of History."

Answer 3

There was a recent documentary about the finding of Soloman's palace. There are some egyptian finds regarding the Exodus. The one wall of the temple (wailing wall) is still standing, which is where the Jews pray. There's actually quite a bit of archeological discoveries, many historians use the bible as a historical record, so I'd advise checking out some archeological sites.

Answer 4

Yes.
According to the book of Daniel, the last ruler in Babylon before it fell to the Persians was named Belshazzar.
(Daniel 5:1-30)
Since there appeared to be no mention of Belshazzar outside the Bible, the charge was made that the Bible was wrong and that this man never existed.
But during the 19th century, several small cylinders inscribed in cuneiform were discovered in some ruins in southern Iraq. They were found to include a prayer for the health of the eldest son of Nabonidus, king of Babylon. The name of this son? Belshazzar.
Was he a king, though, when Babylon fell?
A cuneiform document described as the “Verse Account of Nabonidus” reported: “He [Nabonidus] entrusted the ‘Camp’ to his oldest (son), the firstborn, the troops everywhere in the country he ordered under his (command). He let (everything) go, he entrusted the kingship to him.”
So Belshazzar was entrusted with the kingship.
This explains why Belshazzar, during that final banquet in Babylon, offered to make Daniel the THIRD ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5:16)
Professor David Noel Freedman commented:
“In general, however, archaeology has tended to support the historical validity of the biblical narrative. The broad chronological outline from the patriarchs to N[ew] T[estament] times correlates with archaeological data. . . . Future discoveries are likely to sustain the present moderate position that the biblical tradition is historically rooted, and faithfully transmitted....."

Answer 5

Biblical events, no, at least not the supernatural ones.


Some of the places described in the Bible were real, while others were not.

Edit: The Garden of Eden was not real. The Tower of Babel was not. You know, most of the places that appear in the myths. Many of the less mythical places were probably actual cities.

Answer 6

Start here.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a008.html

You'll love this one. Egypt is trying to keep it a secret.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33168

Run a search with this through Google
"archaeological discoveries that confirm biblical events"

Try "Exodus decoded" from TV. Has some interesting stuff.
http://theexodusdecoded.com/index1.jsp
9-7-07, 10:00 AM History Channel

Biblical Archaeology Review (this one costs money)
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/bswb_BAR/indexBAR.html

Answer 7

for my section? None. What evidence for evolution have you ever examined... for my section? ;) That mentioned.... shall we include the classic prophecy recorded in the e book of Isaiah with regard to the autumn of historic Babylon. It became into fulfilled in MINUTE element... from the actuality that the huge doors to the city gates could be inexplicably left open to the call of the defense force commanded who might lead the army that could convey that amazing empire down. So precise it became into, that critics mentioned it became into truthfully historic previous masquerading as prophecy. One problem with that. The lifeless Sea Scrolls unearthed in the direction of the final century contained parts of the scroll of Isaiah.... scrolls that predated the activities it foretold by utilising approximately two hundred years. OOOPS!!

Answer 8

Moiraes Fate_Agreed.

Answer 9

lol. Just so you know... just because some of the things in the bible are real doesn't mean the whole thing is real. The Harry Potter books mention London, we all know London is real, so does that make everything in Harry Potter real too? Of course not.

Answer 10

Well yes there has, quite a few actually.. I WOULD post them here but you put that little "facts only" please.. which means you know there are archaeological finds but don't believe them so any examples I (or we) give you will say aren't "facts" right?