The archaeological timeline basically only deals with events from the 18th
Dynasty down to ****shak's invasion. Key points of reference are:
ARCHAEOLOGY TIMELINE EVENTS:
1. 1350-1325 BCE Fall of Jericho by the Israelites, per archaeologist
Kathleen Kenyon.
2. 1386 BCE, The KTU 1.78 adjusted 1st year of Akhenaten
3. Pre-950 BCE Per Isael Finkelstein, Philistine pottery period extends
"well into the 10th century BCE."
4. Early 9th century: The dating for the so-called "Solomonic" building
works at Megiddo, Gezer and Hazor as well as Jezreel.
5. c. 871 BCE Per RC14 dating, the highest probability date for
****shak's
invasion.
BIBLICALLY HARMONIZED EVENTS:
1. The Biblical date for Jericho's fall is 1346 BCE. MATCH.
2. The Biblical date for the Exodus is 1386 BCE. Per Syncellus/Manetho,
the Exodus occurs in the 1st of Akhenaten. MATCH.
3. David's rule, which would have ended the Philistine pottery period is
dated to 950 BCE. This would not conflict with the extension of the
Philistine pottery period "well into the 10th century BCE" per
Finkelstein,
but in fact, dovetails with that dating when dated to 950 BCE. MATCH.
4. Solomon per the Bible is dated from 910-870 BCE, which covers the
"early
9th century" when archaeologists confirm these buildings associated with
Solomon were built. PERFECT MATCH.
5. The Biblical dating for ****shak's invasion in year 39 of Solomon/year
5
of Rehoboam is 871 BCE. RC14 dating mid-point date for the 95.4% range of
918-823 BCE is 870.5. PERFECT MATCH.
Dating of events from the Assyrian Period down into the Persian Period
uses
secular references based upon astronomical dating, not true
"archaeological"
dating based on RC14 and pottery assemblage like from the 18th Dynasty
down
to the time of ****shak. Comparisons of the Bible's timeline for events
from the Assyrian Period forward are thus HISTORICAL issues more than
archaeological, even though archaeologists use the historical timeline now
in place to reference their findings.
CONCLUSION: There is complete harmony between the Bible now and the
archaeological dating from the fall of Jericho through ****shak's invasion.
Key in this coordination is matching the end of the rule of Amenhotep III
with the Exodus as is verified by Syncellus.
Lars
(New!) Corrected Timeline Outline:
http://www.geocities.com/siaxares/709guide.html
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