7 July, 2017 - 13:58 Theodoros Karasavvas
3,200-Year-Old Human Remains Discovered in Biblical Gezer Support Destruction Theory
A team of archaeologists in Israel has unearthed the human remains of three individuals in what is believed to be the site of the Biblical city of Gezer, almost 3,200 years after its catastrophic destruction by the ancient Egyptians.
Excavations Verify Gezer’s Destruction by the Ancient Egyptians
Excavations at the site of the Biblical city of Gezer have revealed enough evidence that appears to verify the speculations of historians that Pharaoh Merneptah invaded and eventually destroyed Gezer in the 13th Century BC. “The heavy destruction suggests that the Egyptian pharaoh encountered much resistance from the Gezerites," tells Haaretz Dr. Steven Ortiz of the Tandy Institute for Archaeology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, who is also leading the excavations together with Dr. Sam Wolff from the Israel Antiquity Authority.
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