Sentences with phrase «by archaeological discoveries»

The general credibility of the patriarchal backgrounds is greatly enhanced by archaeological discoveries.

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The view that Jesus was a village farmer who also has practiced part - time carpentry in his native village and immediate surroundings as corroborated by the parabolic emphases has been confirmed by recent archaeological discoveries.31 Recent explorations have revealed that Nazareth was a small agricultural village that came into being in the 3rd century BCE.32 Settlements in Nazareth were mostly found right at the top, whereas in the nearby «three northern spurs» they were to be found largely «on the slopes, lower ridges, and just off the basins.

The discovery of a rare gold coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's archaeological excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, has just been announced by the archaeologists in charge of the project, Drs. Shimon Gibson, James Tabor, and Rafael Lewis.

Several recent archaeological and fossil discoveries in Asia are also pushing back the first appearance of modern humans in the region and, by implication, the migration out of Africa.

The study is part of the Guatemala - Penn Partnership, led by Dr. Branas, which draws on almost a century of Penn involvement in Guatemala, including public health, medical, anthropologic and archaeological activities and discoveries.

The discovery of the site, named Lomekwi 3, instantly pushed back the beginning of the archaeological record by 700,000 years, or by over a quarter of humanity's previously - known material cultural history.

We also bear witness to the discovery of fire and a few scenes featuring Lucy, the skeleton discovered by an archaeological expedition in 1975.

Everybody loves a treasure hunt, and, all by themselves, the Dead Sea Scrolls certainly qualify as «the greatest archaeological discovery of the twentieth century.»

Named after an eighteenth century Spanish explorer, Galiano was long populated by the indigenous Penelakut people, with archaeological discoveries suggesting over three thousand years of inhabitation.

Palaeoclimatology will doubtless be enlivened by a stunning archaeological discovery 14C dated to the height of Mycenaean civilization