The Paradox of Power....

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Archaeological evidence contradicts all four stories that make up the foundations of the Bible

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/24...al-History

Archaeologists keep finding evidence that supports the Old and New Testaments; this find dates back 3,000 years or so:

Israeli archaeologists may have found fabled Maccabees tomb
By DANIEL ESTRIN
Sep. 21, 2015 4:32 PM EDT
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b2dd69492...abees-tomb

Nice non-story, Randy.

Reem said the cross is a clue. It appears on the floor of a burial niche at the site. It is the only Byzantine-era site where a cross decorates the floor of a burial vault, he said, indicating that it may have marked the spot of an important figure. He thinks it is likely that the Byzantines — early Christians — identified this site as the Maccabees' tomb.

"What other important figures would be here?" Reem said, standing in the deep pit of the archaeological site.

Oren Tal, an archaeologist at Tel Aviv University who was not involved with the dig, said the mosaic cross is not necessarily a significant clue. He said the burial niche may have been converted into a Byzantine chapel, where a cross would have been standard.
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Reem said he cannot yet date the site to earlier than the 5th century A.D. He wants to excavate more, to look for an inscription or architectural elements that could associate the structure with the time of the Maccabees.

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