5 A mazi

ngA rchaeol
ogi
cal
T ruthsA bouttheB i
ble

1.A n cien t Lo ck Pi
n
at the G ard en Tom b
Unlikemostt ouristtrap holysit
esinIsrael,theGar denTomb appear sto
beact ualtomb inwhi chYeshua( Jesus)wasbur ied forthr
eedaysand t hree
nights.Onceused t osecur eagiantstoneinpl aceovert heent r
anceoft he
tomb,ananci enti r
onpi n,secured inonce-moltenl ead,remainsint hewall
oftheGar denTomb nor thofDamascusGat einJer usalem.Thepi nshows
evidenceofbei ngshear ed o,presumablyfrom act i
onofr ol
lingthestone
away adegr eeoff orceonl yheavencould must er.

2. Jo sephs Tom b In Egy pt

Highlight
ed inthedocument ary,PatternsofEvi dence,anEgypt ian-
t hemed
tomb hasbeenf ound inthemi dstofaSemi ti
c( i
.e.Hebr ew)set tl
ementi na
secti
onoft heNileDel t
aar eaofEgypt ,knowni nanci enttimesasGoshen.
Remnant soft het omb includef ragment sofwhatappear stohavebeena
commemor ati
vest atue,decor ated t
odepi ctagr eatleadercl othed ina
multi-col
ored coat .Combi ned withthef actthatt hetomb isvoi d ofbones,
someEgypt ologistsbelievet hist obet omb ofJospeh( aSemi ti
cmanofgr eat
positi
oni nEgypt ,whowasknownf oramul ti
-colored coat,and whosebones
werer emoved from hisgr avebyHebr ewsont hewayt ot hePr omi sed Land).

3.Elevato r System
U n d er So lom o n
s Tem ple
TheHebr ew Scri
pturesdet ai
lt hebui l
dingofagr eatt empl eundert he
direct
i onofKi ngSolomonofI srael
,thewi sestmanonear th.TheTempl e
wasbui l
tasapl acet ohouset heAr koft heCovenant .Tomakepr ovisi
onf or
theAr k'ssafekeepingSol omonconst ructed asand- hydr aulicelevatorint he
MostHol yPlace(i.
e.TheHol iesofHol ies).Thiselevat orserved asmeanst o
hidethear kunderneaththeTempl eviaanemer gencyescaper outedur ing
Nebuchadnezzar ssiege.Thist unnelsystem hasbeendi scover ed i
nt he
elaboratet unnelsystem thathoneycombsMountMor iah:t heTempl eMount
inJerusal em.

4.Chario t Parts In The Red Sea

Usingunder waterr oboticcamer as,at eam ofsci enti

stshasdocument ed an
amazi ngf i
nd betweent hebeachhead atNuwei ba,Egypt ,and whati sknown
todaySaudiAr abia( ancientMi dian,siteofMt .Si nai
).Bet weent heset wo
locationsl i
esamyst eriousland br i
dge,af ew hundr ed feetbelow t hesur face
oftheRed Sea.Fl anked onei t
hersi deby5, 000-foot-deep trenches,t his
bizarreland bridgegent l
ysl opesata6- degr eeangl eintot hewat er,l evelsout
atabout900f eet ,and thengr aduallyrisest omeett hewest ernshor eof
Midian( present-daySaudiAr abia).Itisont hesandyf looroft hisland br idge
thatther emai nsofEgypt ianar mychar iotsr emai ntot hisday,ent ombed i n
chariot-shaped coral.

5.City W all Rem n an ts O f

So d om A n d G om o rrah
Mosthi stor
iansassumet hatthecitiesofSodom and Gomor r aheithervani shed
orwer eswal l
owed i ntotheDead Seaa erGod swrathrained downi nf i
r eand
brimstone.Thet ruth,however ,hasbeenhi dinginplainsi ghteversi nce.What
appeart obenondescr iptrockformationsint heDead SeaVal l
eyar eact ually
theashenwal lsofSodom,Gomor rah,Admah,and Zeboi im mel t
ed from t he
intenseheatofmi ll
ionsofchunksofbr imstonethatstilllit
t erthevalleyf loor
tot hi
sday.Thef i
ssur eerupti
onofbr imstonet hatdestroyed theseci t
iesi s
alsobel i
eved tobet heeventthatcreated t
he3, 000-
mi l
eGr eatRi Val ley.

LEARN M O RE:
ARo o dAw aken i
n g.
tv/A M A Z IN G