Re: Exodus pharaoh: Why not Akhenaten?

On Thu, 28 May 2009 06:31:40 -0500, Moshiyosef wrote:

Kathleen Kenyon dated the fall of Jericho by the Israelites to 1350-1325
BCE.

Actually Kathleen Kenyon concluded that the destruction of Jericho should
be dated about 1550 BCE. Modern Carbon 14 studies tend to support her view.

However you can read here a rather fascinating account of the dispute.

http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2008/05/Did-the-Israelites-Conquer-Jericho-A-New-Look-at-the-Archaeological-Evidence.aspx



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