2015's Top Bible Archaeology Discoveries

[Philip]

Last one, second page, very amazing how the information was recovered.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/201 ... ml?start=1

[PaulSacramento]

This one?

1. Carbonized scroll of Leviticus from Ein Gedi synagogue deciphered
In 1970, archaeologists discovered the charred remains of a parchment scroll in the ruins of a Byzantine synagogue at Ein Gedi, along the western shore of the Dead Sea. It was inconceivable, at the time, that this cigar-shaped charcoal briquette could reveal its contents.

But last summer, University of Kentucky professor Brent Seales used digital imaging software he developed to analyze the x-rays from a computer tomography scan of the scroll. Israeli archaeologists were amazed to see the first 8 verses of the book of Leviticus, making the 1,500-year-old Ein Gedi scroll the oldest known book of the Bible outside of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Seales' ability to decode CT scans of ancient carbonized texts may open the door to recovering many more ancient documents, including an entire library of a Roman villa destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 73 A.D., as well as discarded papyrus documents used to create Egyptian mummy casings.

[Philip]

Yes, Paul, that one.

[PaulSacramento]

Yeah, that is a fascinating method and I wonder what that means for current and future relics.
Science at it's best.

[RickD]

I'm guessing it's just fluff.