Jerusalem | Silver Bible scrolls from Ketef Hinnom

Video tour with David Hyman, Israeli professional tour guide. In 1979 archaeologist Dr Gabriel Barkay hit the jackpot! While excavating First Temple perioud tombs (7th Century BCE) in the Ketef Hinnom necropolis in Jerusalem, his team revealed an untouched tomb. The ceiling of the tomb must have collapsed very soon after the burial, and sealed the tomb in a way that it appeared empty to all the looters who came later. After removing the floor they were shocked to find a tomb full of burial offerings and many bones of 95 people. But the biggest surprise was when they found two very small silver amulets rolled as scrolls. When openning the scrolls , experts managed to decipher the text. To everyones joy they learned that the text carved in the silver foil amulets are words from the book of Numbers chapter 6: The Priestly Blessing. This is the oldest Biblical text ever found in an arcaehological excavation , dating to about 700 BCE.

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Recorded by David Hyman with GoPro Hero 7 black
Edited by David Hyman with Imovie apple mini ipad
Music trak for this video - Family Album by Magic in the Other

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