Interesting Find in Turkey

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Since we don't have an archaeology section of the board this will have to do.


http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201...ablet.html

Canadian archeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ancient treaty written in cuneiform that could have served as a model for the biblical description of God's covenant with the Israelites.

The tablet, dating from about 670 BC, is a treaty between the powerful Assyrian king and his weaker vassal states, written in a highly formulaic language very similar in form and style to the story of Abraham's covenant with God in the Hebrew Bible, says University of Toronto archeologist Timothy Harrison.

Sure to burn the asses of fundies everywhere.