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Posted on 09/01/2010 5:25:08 PM PDT by markomalley
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.
The head of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, Ziad al-Saad, said the sanctuary dates to the eighth century B.C. and was discovered at Khirbat 'Ataroz near the town of Mabada, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of the capital Amman.
He said the complex boasts a main room that measures 388 square feet (36 square meters), as well as two antechambers and an open courtyard.
The sanctuary and its artifacts — hewn from limestone and basalt or molded from clay and bronze — show the complex religious rituals of Jordan's ancient biblical Moabite kingdom, according to al-Saad.
"Today we have the material evidence, the archaeological proof of the level of advancement of technology and civilization at that period of time," he said.
The Moabites, whose kingdom ran along present-day Jordan's mountainous eastern shore of the Dead Sea, were closely related to the Israelites, although the two were in frequent conflict. The Babylonians eventually conquered the Moabites in 582 B.C.
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Good thing it wasn’t in Saudi Arabia; they would have destroyed it.
Moa to bite on ping.
They weren't that "advanced."
It was a pagan temple.
I wonder just how much of tangible Biblical evidence that has been unearthed by Muslim nations that has been destroyed in order to A)further the lie of islam, or B)just pure Antisemitism.
Organized religion 3500 years ago. Lots of pots and other cool stuff.
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Thanks decimon and wildbill!Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple... The head of the Jordanian Antiquities Department, Ziad al-Saad, said the sanctuary dates to the eighth century B.C.... "Today we have the material evidence, the archaeological proof of the level of advancement of technology and civilization at that period of time," he said. The Moabites, whose kingdom ran along present-day Jordan's mountainous eastern shore of the Dead Sea, were closely related to the Israelites, although the two were in frequent conflict. The Babylonians eventually conquered the Moabites in 582 B.C.The Moabites were some desert trash that no one would have heard of were it not for the Old Testament -- and notice that neither the OT nor the Kingdom of David (which is mentioned on the Moabite Stone) is mentioned here? |
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The present-day capital of Jordan is where the ancient Ammonite capital was (the city David was having besieged at the time of his affair with Uriah's wife). That a site 20 miles away is in Moabite territory seems strange at first, but the Ammonites and Moabites had a Lot in common.
He was their common ancestor.
What's the deal with archeologists, anyway? How come every little artifact they find is some kind of religious symbol, and every stinking building is a temple?
I'm not denying that religions in various forms were important in pre-historical societies... but really, not EVERY thing had to be about religion. Some of those buildings were taverns (I'm still convinced that Stonehenge was a tavern) and other sorts of ordinary buildings. And sometimes, a statue is just a statue. It wasn't always a god.
What's the deal with archeologists, anyway? How come every little artifact they find is some kind of religious symbol, and every stinking building is a temple?
I'm not denying that religions in various forms were important in pre-historical societies... but really, not EVERY thing had to be about religion. Some of those buildings were taverns (I'm still convinced that Stonehenge was a tavern) and other sorts of ordinary buildings. And sometimes, a statue is just a statue. It wasn't always a god.
GK Chesterton addresses that very question in his wonderful book, The Everlasting Man:
Not necessarily even antiSemitism. moslems believe that everything that came before the advent of Islam is not of Islam and therefore defiled and must be destroyed. Practically, that helps to cement Islam on a society because it erases knowledge of alternatives. The Communist attitude is the same. They are very similar worldviews.
Years ago, Reader’s Digest had a tongue-in-cheek article about future archeologists finding a Motel 6 (or some other such cheap motel chain). Of course, the archeologists saw it as a temple and then went about describing the various items in the motel room with respect to their usage in religion. The toilet seat and lid were considered to be a ceremonial headdress.
LOL... perfect.
Some years ago there was a sketch comedy show in Seattle called Almost Live. They did a hilarious special once called “Pompeii on Elliott Bay”, set thousands of years in the future, with archaeologists digging down into what once had been the city of Seattle. Many funny and preposterous “discoveries” there...
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