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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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He is continuing a task that was begun in the 1950s by the FAMOUS archaeologist Yigael Yadin.
Some of the remains discovered here are considered to be those of a palace and a temple destroyed in the 13th century B.C. by a VIOLENT CONFLAGRATION!
[Amnon Ben Tor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem] Look at the destruction. We are in the entrance to the Hazor Palace of the late Bronze Age, or Canaanite Hazor.
Look at the signs of the destruction, which are to be found everywhere. Look at the melted mudbrick. It takes 1300 degrees centigrade to melt mudbrick.
Look at the intense heat marked all over the bricks
Look at the white here, which is also an effect of the fire.
Look at the wood, the timber. All these signs of the violent destruction of the Palace of Hazor.
Look at the cracked basalt stones. Look at this. Normal heat doesn't do this. Only a very, very intense fire.
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