The Bible and Archaeology

alphabet ancient antiquities appears archæological archæological research Assyria Babylon Babylonian bas-reliefs Bible Biblical Boghaz-keui British Museum Canaanite Carchemish century B.C. chapter character Chester Beatty Christian Chronicles Codex Sinaiticus containing Cretan Crete criticism cuneiform decipherment Diatessaron discovery documents Dynasty earlier earliest early Egypt Egyptian Enoch Epistles evidence excavations fragments gods Gospels Greek Hammurabi Hebrew Hezekiah hieroglyphic Hittite Hyksos important inscriptions Israel Israelites Jerusalem Judah king kingdom known Kuyunjik Lachish land later Layard letters literary literature Lord manuscript Mesopotamia millennium Minoan Mitanni monuments mound narrative Nineveh Nippur objects Old Testament original palace papyrus Pentateuch period Philistines Plate pottery probably prophets Rameses Rameses II Ras Shamra records reign Samaria scholars script sculptures second century Sennacherib Septuagint stone story Sumerian Syria tablets Tell el-Amarna Tell Halaf temple thou tion tomb tradition translation type of text Ugarit unto Vaticanus wall writing written ziggurat