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Radio-dating backs up biblical text

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Siloam Tunnel located and dated to 700 BC.

An ancient waterway, described in the Bible, has been located and radiocarbon-dated to around 700 BC1.

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  1. Frumkin, A., Shimron, A. & Rosenbaum, J. Radiometric dating of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem. Nature, 425, 169 - 171, (2003).

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  2. 2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:3,4.

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  1. Helen R. Pilcher
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Ben-Gurion University

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Pilcher, H. Radio-dating backs up biblical text. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030908-9

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