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Thread: Archaeologists in Golan Heights Unearth Fort Dated to Time of Biblical King David

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    ... Palestinians of the ancient world.

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    Hard to say when the fort may have fallen, presuming it didn't become rubble by just deteriorating over time. On one hand they are dating pottery back to the 11th to 9th century BC but another section talks about the era following the fall of the Hittite empire around 1180 BC. Around that later era there were a lot of raids by the mysterious "sea people", who staged a lot of amphibious assaults, destroyed many settlements in the region including modern Syria and even became a threat to the Egyptian empire. The sea people are often depicted wearing horned helmets, which could say something about the carvings of horned figures.
    Make Orwell fiction again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaveDog View Post
    Hard to say when the fort may have fallen, presuming it didn't become rubble by just deteriorating over time. On one hand they are dating pottery back to the 11th to 9th century BC but another section talks about the era following the fall of the Hittite empire around 1180 BC. Around that later era there were a lot of raids by the mysterious "sea people", who staged a lot of amphibious assaults, destroyed many settlements in the region including modern Syria and even became a threat to the Egyptian empire. The sea people are often depicted wearing horned helmets, which could say something about the carvings of horned figures.

    Links?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Links?
    Note at about 3:00 they show a map of cities that were sacked, which includes Aleppo, which still exists in modern day Syria so the sea people would have penetrated pretty deep into Syrian territory, perhaps even the Golan heights to the south. The article says "The complex we exposed was built at a strategic location on the small hilltop". The video notes that thousands of people fled from settlements by the shore to take refuge on fortified hilltops. Note that the depictions in the video show various soldiers wearing horned helmets and the article mentions those carvings of horned people. Initially when they were talking about the 11th and 9th century BC, this later period didn't come to mind but later in the article they vaguely mention the period where the Hittite empire fell (though I'm not sure of the context), which was during the time when the sea people were raiding. These other facts they mentioned were consistent with that era so that came to mind, though I'm just speculating that there could be some connection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    ... Palestinians of the ancient world.
    Imagine what might be found if we could dig under that Mosque placed in modern history to claim territory taken by force and bloodshed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    Imagine what might be found if we could dig under that Mosque placed in modern history to claim territory taken by force and bloodshed!
    I certainly wouldn't contest your point about the Muslim conquest but do you mean the Dome of the Rock?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Archaeologists in Golan Heights Unearth Fort Dated to Time of Biblical King David

    It is the oldest known fortified settlement in the region. Cool find.



    Read the rest at the link.
    That's an amazing find, thanks for posting it. I don't know much about ancient ME history, but it would be a good study to learn of the first cultures and civilizations from prehistory up until the Time of David.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Oh bother ...


    It makes one wonder about why so many ancient jewish settlements were reduced to rubble.
    Why Jewish settlements?
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
    Pick your enemies carefully.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    ... Palestinians of the ancient world.
    No such thing. Even the Palestinians themselves cannot produce any proof of a former Palestinian civilization.
    Last edited by carolina73; 11-14-2020 at 09:51 PM.

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