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Many attempts have been made over the years to verify the stories of the Bible through archaeological research. What does the archaeological record actually say about the stories told in the Bible? Is it even possible for archaeology to validate Biblical "history"? What the heck is archaeology, anyway?

Many attempts have been made over the years to verify the stories of the Bible through archaeological research. What does the archaeological record actually say about the stories told in the Bible? Is it even possible for archaeology to validate Biblical "history?" What the heck is archaeology, anyway?

Dr. Pigliucci is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Lehman College. He is known as an outspoken critic of creationism and advocate of science education. He writes regularly for Skeptical Inquirer and Philosophy Now and maintains a blog called "Rationally Speaking" He has debated creationists and intelligent design proponents, including Duane Gish, Kent Hovind, William Dembski and Jonathan Wells, on many occasions.

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In 1924, an accident aboard the oil tanker S. S. Watertown resulted in the death of two crewmen. James Courtenay and Michael Meehan were asphyxiated by fumes in an empty hold and subsequently buried at sea. In the following days various members of the crew began to see the faces of the crewmen bobbing in the water off the side of the ship. This continued until the ship passed through the Panama Canal and came back to port in New Orleans. When the captain of the ship gave this report to officers of the company they asked him to take a camera with him when he returned to the Pacific and see if he could get a photo. So it came to pass that when they returned to the area where the two men had been sent to their watery grave the faces appeared again and six photos were taken. On return to New Orleans five photos showed only choppy water but the sixth showed the faces of the two phantom sailors, mouths agape in silent screams. Or so the story goes... Find out the facts behind what has been called one of the best ghost photos of all time when you hear the gripping story of "Doctor Atlantis and the Case of the Watertown Ghosts!"