Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Tory:
I consider radiometric dating, including C14, as neither science nor proof.

Are you saying that Thutmose III, instead of being from the 15th century BC,
really lived in the 17th century BC, that the modern reconstruction of
Egyptian dates is two centuries too young?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Karl:
>
> Not sure if you consider carbon science proof, but scarabs of Thutmose III
> were found in a stratum at Tell el-Daba along with lumps of pumice ejected
> from the eruption of Thera collected into the corner of a storeroom. The
> eruption is carbon-dated to the late 17th century BCE. Even the layer itself
> at Tell el-Daba has been a carbon-date to the 17th century. There is really
> no way, in the face of this evidence, that the scarab and its owner date to
> the 10th century.
>
> Tory Thorpe
>
>