The Relic of Bir Hooker & Giants of the Past- 2/2
Were there giants of the past? The Bible says there were. Scientists, however, are skeptical. But then again, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both wisdom and knowledge so if a scientist denies God, he holds little weight in my opinion. This article is a fascinating true-story of a man who holds in his hands a giant finger, further evidence that giants were once among us.
“This discovery bridges a certain gap in Jerusalem’s settlement sequence,” says excavation co-director.
Despite over 100 years of exhaustive excavations throughout Jerusalem’s City of David, archeologists have been unable to find a single significant structure from the Hasmonean period, until now.
On Tuesday, following months of delicate probing and analysis, the Antiquities Authority announced an unprecedented finding – a 4- meter-high building from the second century BCE, covering some 64 square meters, with dozens of ancient coins still lying on its floors.
The structure, enclosed by walls made of roughly hewn limestone blocks more than a meter thick, was found earlier this year in the Givati parking lot, located by the walls surrounding the City of David National Park.
The Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the Maccabee family, ruled Judea and surrounding areas from 141-37 BCE, during classical antiquity.
In 37 BCE the Hasmoneans fell to Herod the Great, of Edomite…
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