Hello everybody Smith's Hall 23, and this is a short list of examples of archaeological findings which corroborate the Bible
So here's the first one the remains of the cities of Sodom Gomorrah in the exact location of where the Bible describes
It has been found near the southern shore of the Dead Sea
With unnaturally shaped structures covered in ash and balls of brimstone and with piles of salt scattered throughout the sand
The Egyptian execration texts were fragments of pottery or stone which lists the enemies of Pharaoh
The earliest of these texts are dated by Egyptologists between the 20th century and the 18th century BCE and mentioned biblical places such as Dan,
Aphek, Shechem, Talhazor, Akshaf, and Jerusalem.
A papyrus dated from the reign of Sobekhotep the third of Egypt has a list of slave names among the names is
Shiphrah, which is the name of a Hebrew midwife, which is mentioned in Exodus chapter 1.
At the city of Iverus underneath the city of Pi Ramses in Egypt
Which is where the Israelites were said to live a tomb was found containing a statue of a person with a Semitic mushroom haircut
With faded paint that showed red hair yellow skin with multiple colors of paint along the coat of this man
This tomb also contains no bones and is placed alongside 11 other tombs
This supports the description of Joseph and the other 11 sons of Jacob at the book of Genesis also in Iverus
Artifacts such as bronze daggers middle Bronze Age Canaanite pottery and burials of Semitic men sideways
All shows evidence of a Hebrew presence in the land of Goshen
The Mer-Wer or the Great Canal was a waterway built during the time of Amenemhat the third at the fire of depression
Which connects the Nile River to Lake Moerus and this canal is also known as the Bar Yusuf or the waterway of Joseph
The archaeological evidence shows that the Semitic people living in Iverus left abruptly at the time of the end of the 13th
dynasty of Egypt prior to the arrival of the Hyksos and about the same time pits in Iverus have been found known as the plague pits
Where bodies are piled without proper burial
at Jebelah laws in Saudi Arabia
Which would be the actual location of Mount Sinai in the land of Midian or Arabia according to the Bible
hundreds of tools and pottery shards have been found as well as petroglyphs of Apis and
Hathor a split rock and trace sandal land markers with an altar made of pilot stones of the base of the mountain
Thus providing evidence for the biblical story of the stay at Mount Sinai in the book of Exodus in
The city of Jericho the walls were found to have collapsed around the 15th century BCE by an earthquake and
damage from fire at grain storages of Jericho has also been discovered the city of Hazor and Canaan
Contains a palace which was burned down in the 15th century BCE and there a cuneiform tablet bearing the name of Yavin was found
Which is the name of the king of Hazor in Joshua chapter 11
Over 200 scarab seals have been found in Egypt with the name of a Hyksos ruler named Sheshi
Which is also the name of an Anakite who was driven out of the city of Hebron by Joshua according to Joshua 15 an
Egyptian text from the reign of Amenhotep the third who reigned in about the 14th century BCE
according to traditional Egyptian chronology
Mentions a nomadic people called the Shasu who worshiped yahu which would be the shortened form of the name of God in the Bible Yehovah
The Covenant standing stone which the Bible says Joshua set up at Shechem still remains in front of the ruins of the temple of Baal
Bereth which is the Lord of the Covenant in Shechem at Tel Balata an
Ostracon called the TT 99 Ostracon found in Luxor's tomb of Sennacherry contains
Protocanonite Semitic letters written for use as a mnemonic device
The ivory pomegranate is an ornamental artifact from the 13th century BCE made out of hippopotamus bone
Which bears an inscription in paleo Hebrew that says belonging to the house of Yehovah holy to the priests
This is important because Exodus chapter 28 verse 34
Tells the priests to have a pomegranate as an ornament on the hem of their garment
Another pomegranate this one made out of clay was recently discovered in Shiloh dating from the 12th century BCE
The Merneptah steel is one of the earliest known references to Israel traditional Egyptology dating puts this steel at about
1200 BCE at the reign of Merneptah and in it
References the conquests of Merneptah saying that Israel is laid waste and his seed is not in one of the lines
The King James Bible leaves a Hebrew word
peme
Untranslated because the word was unknown and this is because it refers to a specific object
Which we don't have a translation for a type of weight mentioned in 1st Samuel chapter 13 verse 21
Several small stones were found weighing about 7.6 grams each with the word
Peme written on top of it in Phoenician letters and which date from about the 10th century BCE
Another way from about the 10th century BCE was recently discovered near the Mount of Olives with the Hebrew word Becca written on it
which is another measurement mentioned in the Bible in Exodus chapter 38 as being half a shekel a
Potchered found in the city of telesophae, which is the modern name for the biblical name of Gath mentions a name
etymologically related to the Hebrew name of
Goliath which is Goyot which provides evidence that this was the name used in the area at the time
It also dates from about the 10th century BCE
one of the Amarna letters known as ea
256 is written by a king in Canaan named Mutbail which etymologically has the same meaning as Ishmael meaning the
Man of Baal the son of Saul in the Bible who was ordained as king by Abner in 2nd Samuel chapter 2
Other similarities include that both Mutbail and Ishmael
Moved the area of rule after the death of their father to the Transjordan region
The Mesha steel also known as the Moabite stone was a 9th century BCE
Steel created by King Mesha of Moab which claims that the god Hamosh
Allowed the Moabites to subjugate the nation of Israel the text mentions Omri the king of Israel who was a predecessor to Ahab
In fact the story contained in the Mesha steel itself describes the events in the Bible in 2nd Kings chapter 3
And this text also contains a phrase which has been alternatively translated as either house of David or Balak which again confirms both biblical characters
It also mentions the name of the god of Israel Yehovah
Speaking of Balak there's also something called the Deir allah inscription
Which specifically mentions Balaam the son of Beor by name who was a rebellious prophet in the book of Numbers
It also contains reference to Shaddai which is the Hebrew word for Almighty
The Kirk monoliths are two Assyrian stelae from the 9th century BCE
Which ascribed the Battle of Karkar during the reign of the Assyrian King
Shalmaneser the third and which mentioned that Syria fought against Ahahabu Sirailah or Ahab of Israel
Also from the reign of Shalmaneser the third is a black obelisk of Shalmaneser a sculpture from Calhu
Which depicts a king offering tribute to the king of Assyria with a description that identifies his king as Jehu the son of Omri
Again, this is another king of Israel the Melkart inscription which also dates from the 9th century BCE
Mentions Ben-Hadad of Syria who was also in the Bible
The Teledan steel from the 8th or 9th century BCE is an Aramaic inscription which describes an Aramaic king fighting against two enemy kings
Joram the king of Israel and Ahaziah of the house of David now if the Mesha steel or the Moabite stone
Inscription from earlier is properly translated as Balak instead of house of David
This would be the earliest mention of the house of David a late 9th century shrine founded the Sinai Peninsula
Known as the Kuntalit Arjude has
Inscriptions which talk about Yehovah, but also pagan gods of goddesses such as Baal and Asherah
This confirms the biblical story of the corruption of the Israelites worshipping Asherah along with the true God Yehovah
The Nimrud slab is an inscription by the Assyrian king Adad-Nerari the third from the late 9th century BCE
Which mentions the Assyrians subjugating the kingdoms of Edom, Philistia, and the house of Omri which would be Israel
The Tel-Al-Rima steel is a stone tablet listing the military conquests of Adad-Nerari the third dating from the early 8th century BCE
Which mentions Joash the king of Samaria a clay seal dating from the 8th century BCE
mentions Ahaz the king of Judah and identifies his father as Jotam
Another clay seal from the 8th century BCE was recently discovered at the Temple Mount with the words Yeshiyahu-Navi
Written on it and the last letter of Navi is missing which would be the Aleph
but if the final Aleph was indeed there this would make this inscription translated as Isaiah the prophet
An inscription written on a lintel in the area of Siloam to the entrance of a tomb in Paleo-Hebrew written about the 8th century BCE
Talks about the royal steward of the king which fits the story in
Isaiah chapter 22 about Hezekiah's steward Shebna building himself a great tomb and
Also, the Siloam inscription is a passage in an underground tunnel known as the Siloam tunnel in the city of Jerusalem
Which is written also in Paleo-Hebrew
The purpose of this tunnel was to bring water from the Gihon spring to the pool of Siloam and mentioned in 2nd Kings chapter 20
And 2nd Chronicles 32 and was built during the reign of Hezekiah
The Calhupalish summary inscription 7 is a clay tablet from the 8th century BCE
During the reign of Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser the third which mentions both King
Jehoahaz and the land of Judah from the annals of Tiglath-Pileser the third the text known as 3R
9.350 refers to Menahem the Sumerian who was a king of Israel one fragment of the Nimr tablet 3R
10.2 28 to 29 mentions both Pekah of Israel and Azariah of Judah
The Azekah inscription from the late 8th century BCE is a tablet from the reign of Sennacherib of Assyria
Which mentions Hezekiah the king of Judah another bulla or clay token
Dating from the early 7th century BCE has the name of Gemar-Yahu Ben Shaphan written on it
Which is the name of the son of the temple scribe Shaphan given in Jeremiah chapter 36 verse 10
Another clay seal found in Jerusalem from the 7th century BCE bears the name of Yehukal son of Shelem-Yahu
Son of Shebi on it in Hebrew
which is another name of a biblical character mentioned in Jeremiah 37
An description from the early 6th century BCE found at the temple or found at the tel at Kerbet Beit Lehi
Has an inscription written in paleo Hebrew with the earliest example of the word Jerusalem in Hebrew and the text reads
I am Yehovah thy Lord. I will accept the cities of Judah and I will redeem Jerusalem
absolve us O merciful God absolve us O Yehovah
The Mesed-hesh of Yahoo
Ostrachan is a pottery shard with an extensive description of the observance of the Sabbath dating from the 7th century BCE
The kataphanom scrolls are two silver scrolls found in burial chambers near Jerusalem
Which contained the priestly blessing from the book of Numbers written on them
Ostrachan 18 also known as the house of Yahweh Ostrachan is a pottery shard from the 8th century or from the 6th century BCE
Which references Jerusalem's temple and now moving on to the New Testament an inscription from the early 1st century
mentions Pontius Pilate as a prefect of Judea and although Pilate is attested outside the New Testament
With both Josephus and Tacitus
Both Roman historians talking about him this establishes his existence even further
The pool of Bethesda mentioned in John chapter 5 in verse 2
it specifically says that it has five porches has been discovered with five porches surrounding it and this is important because
by the time of Hadrian in the early
2nd century
The temple had been changed into an Asclepion or a healing temple dedicated to the pagan gods Asclepius and Serapis
It was no longer the pool of Bethesda. This thus shows that in early
That the book of John was authored very early
The Nazareth inscription is an edict made by the Roman Emperor himself against grave robbing or removing bodies from graves which dates from the first
century from the city of Nazareth and this may have been Caesar's reaction to the resurrection of Christ
The temple warning inscription is a tablet dating from the mid first century from the second temple written in Greek
Warning to pagans not to enter into the temple as to defile it
This is important because it supports the claim of the Jews in Acts 21 that Paul defiled the temple by bringing Trophimus into it
The James Ossuary is a box with an Aramaic inscription written on it that says
James son of Joseph brother of Jesus referring of course to James the brother of Jesus in the New Testament. So this is
Not an exhaustive list there are a lot of other things I could go through but for the most part this covers a lot of
Events in the Bible. So thank you buddy for watching and goodbye