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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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[Neil Silberman] DESPITE the Biblical EVIDENCE [?] ? [Israel Finkelstein] Of course. There's no evidence for a great Solomonic capital, ruling over a great state, rich state and so on. And here at Megiddo, the buildings, the monumental buildings which had been described as the symbol of Solomonic greatness, in fact date a bit later. They don't date to the time of Solomon. They don't date to the 10th century. SO WE ARE IN A SITUATION OF COMPLETE NEGATIVE PICTURE, NEGATIVE EVIDENCE FROM COAST TO COAST. [Neil Silberman] And yet there are magnificent buildings here, and the question is: "What kingdom were they related to?" [Israel Finkelstein] Yeah, they are dated a bit later, I think. But the question again is what's going on in the 10th century?
[Neil Silberman] We have a real historical problem here. We'll have to come up with another explanation.
[Narrator] As often happens in such cases, JUST AS UNCERTAINTIES REACH THEIR CLIMAX, A NEW CLUE was discovered. Norma Franklin has been part of the Megiddo expedition for years. She noticed that the stonework of a palace that Yadin attributed to Solomon displayed very unusual masons marks.
She looked through the records and reports of old excavations
to find out if similar masons marks were to be found elsewhere.
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