Archaeologists search for the ‘Pleasure garden of the Persians’
Posted On: Jul 8th, 2015 at 14:58
Lebanon
Sidon, an archaeology dig that was supposed to take two years is now into its seventeenth year, with no sign of an end.
Mentioned in the Old Testament thirty-five times, and also in many other ancient texts, the site, which has never been excavated, is adding to the weight of Biblical stories. Many people think the Bible is nothing but a collection of stories put together – allegories and myths – to give us ideas of how to live life and behave properly. What many people don’t realise is that hundreds of archaeology digs around the world have proven many Biblical stories, or at least locations, to be true – and Sidon is no exception.
The argument of Creationists versus Darwinists is so raw and often heated to the point of hatred, and I would like to see these two disciplines operate more closely together. One often seems to open a can of worms with this issue, with one or the other side instantly becoming aggressive, and I have received a ton of insults from both sides on my YT channel just because of certain videos posted or comments made, to the point that I have had to disable all comments to save the grief! We live in a sad world where people are so arrogant and opinionated, and yet truth is more often than not subjective. Archaeology and Biblical studies are arguably two of the most subjective academic subjects out there, and it would be nice to see them work more closely together. The truth, surely, is somewhere in the middle…
