Archaeology – Weapon of Mass Distraction

Washington Post Shreds Journalistic Integrity

March 17, 2021

The Washington Post has issued a correction to its January story accusing Donald Trump of ordering Georgia officials to “find the fraud.” The bigger issue is that other news outlets piled on and claimed to have “confirmed” the non-story.

Aaron Lipkin – Destruction at Joshua’s Altar

February 15, 2021

Aaron Lipkin joins us from Israel via Skype and shows us exclusive drone video of the destruction last week of a section of an ancient wall at the site of Joshua’s altar on Mount Ebal.

SciFriday: New Frontiers

December 4, 2020

This week, we announce the sunset of SciFriday and the dawn of a new program that will debut in 2021: The Bible’s Greatest Mysteries.

SciFriday: Petra, Sodom, and Science

November 21, 2020

Modern archaeological science is revealing startling things about the role of Petra in the history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and may have pinpointed the location of the biblical city of Sodom.

Canceling Darwin

September 8, 2020

The UK’s Museum of Natural History may relabel or remove collections linked to Charles Darwin—not because his theory of evolution led to the belief that European races were more advanced than black races, but because Darwin’s expedition was “colonialist.”

SciFriday: Tumuli and Things in the Sky

August 14, 2020

Archaeologists have been investigating some mysterious, huge piles of rock overlooking the Valley of Rephaim near Jerusalem. They’ve been tentatively dated to about the time of Isaiah and Hezekiah, but that’s just a guess.

Dr. Douglas Petrovich – The Hebrews in Egypt

August 3, 2020

IT’S BEEN repeated so often that it’s taken as a given, even by Israeli archaeologists. However, contrary to majority opinion, there is evidence for the Israelite sojourn in Egypt.

Mayors Say They Don’t Need Help While Their Cities Burn

July 23, 2020

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed with rioting protesters early Thursday. Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused President Trump of sexism while gangs of armed boys as young as 10 have carjacked 16 vehicles in the Windy City over the last month.

Avi Lipkin – The Alliance Between Islam and BLM

July 13, 2020

THE DESTRUCTION of statues and monuments completely unrelated to slavery makes no sense if the protests are about racial injustice. Avi Lipkin (www.AviLipkin.net) says the explanation is in an alliance struck five years ago between BLM and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

SciFriday: Israel’s Stonehenge and the Cult of the Dead

March 6, 2020

We share our impressions of Gilgal Refaim, “Israel’s Stonehenge,” and what scholars have learned after fifty years of studying a megalithic site that’s bigger, older, and contains thousands of tons more rock than Stonehenge.

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