Archaeologists to break ground at biblical site where Ark of the Covenant stood

Times of Israel ^ | February 8, 2017 | ILAN BEN ZION

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Israeli and French researchers to excavate ancient site of Kiryat Ye’arim, outside Jerusalem, one of the few unstudied biblical tels

One of the few remaining unstudied major biblical sites, where according to the Bible the Ark of the Covenant was kept for two decades, will be excavated by archaeologists this summer for the first time.

Organizers hope the anticipated study of Kiryat Ye’arim (also transliterated as Kiriath Jearim) will shed light on the site’s significance during the Iron Age, the period associated with the biblical account of King David.

Kiryat Ye’arim is mentioned over a dozen times in the Bible as a Judahite town situated near Jerusalem during the period of the judges and King David — the Iron Age, in archaeological terms.

[katana]

There's debate over the overtly androgynous representations of Akhenaten. Were they unusually accurate or was his "feminine side" purposefully emphasized? The royal practice of marriage between siblings, reenacting the legend of Isis and Osiris, produced imbeciles and grossly deformed pharaohs. So it's theoretically possible Akhenaten was some sort of genetic freak. His remains are probably those found in tomb KV55. If they are DNA comparison confirms he was the biologic father of Tutankhamun (whose remains also show signs of genetic deformities) and so he did at least have the basic male working parts, even if they're not on display on that statue.

[HLPhat]

>>so he did at least have the basic male working parts, even if they’re not on display on that statue.

The statue that has breasts.  Breasts, and feminine features that Akhenaten's cult went out of their way to depict - in every idolatrous, "in your face", depection of their revolutionary god-emperor. 

XXY? Androgen Insensitivity? Hemaphroditism? Some other inbred defect he/she/it and the royal fem-cult wanted to propagate?

Observe how bees figure into Egyptian mythology. The social structure of the hive is ALL female - with the exception of male drones whose usefulness fatally expires immediately after mating.

Observe the ~multiple~ historical instances of male infanticide associated with the caste of theocratic perverts.

Yeah, the realigned timeline raises a lot of “cultural” questions that are relevant today.

There is nothing new under the Aten(s)!

[To Hell With Poverty]

JUST WHAT I CAME TO THE THREAD FOR!!!! LOL

[fidelis]

"One finds in the records that Jeremiah the prophet ordered those who were being deported to take some of the fire, as has been told, and that the prophet after giving them the law instructed those who were being deported not to forget the commandments of the Lord, nor to be led astray in their thoughts upon seeing the gold and silver statues and their adornment. And with other similar words he exhorted them that the law should not depart from their hearts.

It was also in the writing that the prophet, having received an oracle, ordered that the tent and the ark should follow with him, and that he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and had seen the inheritance of God. And Jeremiah came and found a cave, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar of incense, and he sealed up the entrance. Some of those who followed him came up to mark the way, but could not find it. When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: "The place shall be unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy." (2 Maccabees 2:1-7)

[freepertoo]

I know where it is...I’m just not sure *which* exact warehouse.

[Ezekiel]

Thanks. That’s one of the primary texts regarding the Ark’s location but I hadn’t read it in a while.

“The place shall be unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy.”

I like that part. Just noting a potential word play in “the place shall be unknown”... a hint at “ploni almoni”, which is a “such and such” place (or person), like Anytown USA or John Doe.

The Biblical place “called” ploni almoni was the place David’s men went after fleeing Saul, but David didn’t want to tell the priest where that was.

https://www.thejc.com/judaism/jewish-words/ploni-almoni-1.15782

[ducttape45]

I heard about this account as well, and it would make the most sense, but did the tent exist in his day? They had the Temple but I always wondered if the tent was still in existence when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.

[fidelis]

Thanks for sharing that. I like that too!

[katana]

Add in the fact that the line of descent was through the daughters of Pharaoh. To become Pharaoh one had to marry the daughter. The genetic issues came up when the sons of Pharaoh had to come to the throne by marrying their sisters. What's especially interesting, or foreboding, is that the custom of marriage between close relations ("keep it in the family") continues among Muslims in the Middle East (Jews and other more intelligent residents excepted). I have seen the resulting genetic carnage in person.

[fidelis]

I forget where I read it (probably in extra-biblical rabbinic writings) but I think it was generally thought that after Solomons temple was completed, the desert tabernacle was disassembled and stored in the temple complex, perhaps even inside the Holy of Holies.

[Ezekiel]

My remark:

the place David’s men went after fleeing Saul

Ha, oops. Looks like I am as guilty as those bad headline writers. Should be

the place David’s men went, after they fled from Saul.

:)

[M Kehoe]

May I suggest that if the Ark is found, the democrats in the Senate open it?

5.56mm

[Verginius Rufus]

Kiriath Jearim was a Hivite city and should be returned to them.

The Israelis need to put a notice on Facebook offering to restore the city to the Hivites. The Hivites will show up.

[HLPhat]

Matt 2:16

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under...

NKJV

What Herod's theocratic pedigree?

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[HLPhat]

Kinda interesting how Mel Gibson depicted Herod and his entourage...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Mel+gibson%27s+herod&biw=1406&bih=738&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1PeHtIHSAhXhzFQKHQx7BiEQ_AUIBigB

[katana]

Herod’s line was Greek, Macedonian, and they had their own unique genetic issues. On the positive side he was a great builder. The foundation stones used during his time have a unique cut that can be seen all over Jerusalem. But he was certainly not a descendant of the genuine Royal line of God’s people. That line ran through the adopted son of a Nazarene carpenter.

[HLPhat]

>>Herod’s line was Greek, Macedonian.

 

http://duckduckgo.com/?q=Egyptian+Hellenism+Essenes

 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hellenism-2 

 

 

>>and they had their own unique genetic issues.

 

Yeah, I think Gibson tried to illustrate that.

http://www.rejesus.co.uk/site/module/mel_gibsons_passion_movie/P7/

[agere_contra]

I think the Ethiopian theory is the most likely.

[Big Red Badger]

“Gathers His People “

Soon.
And Very Soon!