As far as I can tell, Jonah is said to have lived in the timeframe of 780 BC, during the reign of Jereboam II. On the other hand, Sennacherib lived in around 700 BC. This newly discovered tomb dates to at least as late as 672 BC (the cuneiform inscribed artifact found within is dated to then). That's 100 years later than Jonah's lifetime. So how did Sennacherib get his tomb under that of Jonah who was supposedly buried there 100 years prior?
Seems that this casts some pretty good doubt on the authenticity of the tomb having belonged to the actual Jonah. Don't misunderstand me, this doesn't cast any doubt on the bible, just on the authenticity of that tomb as having been Jonah's. Unless I'm missing something.
I have problems balancing my checkbook...
Perhaps it was the tomb of the
Unknown Fisherman.