Infant sacrifice was a prevalent ritual in antiquity. An infant burial was excavated at Tall el-Hammam. In this episode, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers spend the afternoon at the TSU Museum of Archaeology, pointing out various artifacts and discussing infant sacrifice. If you visit our YouTube channel, you can see what they are discussing in this episode of Troweling Down, Biblical Archaeology for the 21st Century.

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Aren't Dolmens those lettuce wrap-looking things at a Middle Eastern Restaurant?  Nope!  A Dolmen is a megalithic monument that ancient people erected out of huge stones.  They are found from England to Japan, and everywhere in between.  In this episode, we'll talk about the Dolmens found at Tall el-Hammam.

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Have you ever heard of "King Solomon's Mines"?  Well, we know where they probably were.  Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss copper mining and smelting in Jordan at the time of Abraham and Sodom.  

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Pottery Forms can show you what time period you are in, but this can cover hundreds of years of time. Radiocarbon Dating can narrow down the time frame. Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss the use of carbonized barley and flax discovered in the destruction matrix at Tall el-Hammam. Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month! Become a dig volunteer for Season 16: https://bit.ly/DigSodom2020

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In this episode, Dr. Steve Collins and New York Times Best Selling Author, Eric Metaxas discuss why the work at Tall el-Hammam is important to archaeology. This clip comes from our Dig Deep 2021 TeHEP Livestream Fundraiser, January 23, 2021. 

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Mmm!  What's cooking?  Smells good!  

We can't think about a culture without thinking about its food.  Every region on the globe is famous for distinct and tasty eats. Let's learn about cooking in the Middle Bronze Age by looking at some cookware from Tall-el Hammam.

Find the recipes for Tah'u stew and desserts in The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands.  Order it from your favorite bookseller.  

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In this episode Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers continue the discussion on the importance of synchronisms and anachronisms. These connections archaeologically demonstrate how the Bible fits into specific periods including Moses and the Exodus, the collapse of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty, and Joseph being sold into slavery.  Subscribe now for new episodes on the first Friday of every month!    

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Historical synchronism? Anachronisms? In this episode, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers explain the importance of synchronisms and anachronisms. These connections archaeologically demonstrate how the Bible fits into specific periods including Moses and the Exodus, the collapse of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty, and Joseph being sold into slavery.

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The first probe in the destruction matrix on the upper city reveals a very unusual find. In this podcast, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss how melted glass a.k.a. trinitite ended up on a piece of pottery found at Tall el-Hammam.  

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Did you know there are at least 25 geographical indicators for the location of Sodom in the Bible? In this episode of the Troweling Down Podcast, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss how the Bible is the best geographical source surviving from antiquity and how it was used to discover the location of Sodom. We also learn how Dr. Collins began his archaeology journey.   

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