[RoadTest]

I can't read you "BCE" time periods. What are those in B.C. and A.D.?

[ThanhPhero]

That's just Christian Era and Before Christian Era. That is how I read it, anyhow.

[NC28203]

>>>I can't read you "BCE" time periods. What are those in B.C. and A.D.?

Keep in mind that archaeology is an international discipline. For many of the people doing this research, Jesus is not the Christ and not their Lord. Would you expect the Jews working with Israeli antiquities to use such terminology? Do you object to physicists and chemists using the metric system?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

CE & BCE are teeth-achingly political correct terms for AD and BC, respectively. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19_BCE

The Common Era (CE), sometimes known as Current Era, Christian Era, is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 (the traditional birthdate of Jesus) to the present. The notations CE and BCE (Before the Common Era or Before the Christian Era) are alternative notations for AD (anno Domini, Latin for "in the year of the Lord") and BC (Before Christ), respectively. They may also be written C.E. and B.C.E.

Personally, I think it's just another unnecessary and annoying piece of Orwellian PC jive.