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Fighting with Sickle Swords and Duck-Billed Axes...Really? Sounds like a cartoon. Archaeologists may have strange names for ancient weapons, but they would still hurt...a lot!  Dr. C and Dr. B. show off some of the ancient weapons in the collection at the Trinity Southwest Museum of Archaeology and Biblical History. Stick around! You'll get the point! Subscribe now for new episodes on the fir...

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...

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. Subscribe now for new episodes on the first Friday of every month!&nbsp...

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.   Subscribe now for new episodes on the first Friday of every month!     Become a dig volunteer for Season 16: https://bit.ly/DigSodom2020​    Support our Dig by beco...

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/Di...

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.  To watch the entire episode visit www. TeHEP.com   Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month! Become a dig volunteer...

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 fa...

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!  &nbs...

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. Become a dig volunteer for Season 16: https://bit.ly/DigSodom20...

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.   Subscribe now for new episodes on the first Friday of every month!   Become a dig volunteer for Season 16: https://bit.ly/DigSodom2020  Support our Dig b...

Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month!  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. Co...

Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers give us a look at the defensive system of Sodom. They discuss the city wall and the multiple phases of the rampart system that provided a massive fortification for the largest city in the Southern Levant.

Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month!   This 62 acre Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley was destroyed quickly by a violent cosmic event. In this episode of the Troweling Down Podcast, we get a close up look at a destruction layer of ash, collapsed plaster, and stones as Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss why they believe this site is the location of the bibli...

Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month! Brimstone and fire from the heavens, really? Genesis 19 says that burning sulfur rained down out of the heavens and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. How is that possible? On today's podcast, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers explain the destruction of Sodom. Working with astrophysicists on the site, they discuss the scientific evidence that reve...

Subscribe now for new episodes the first Friday of every month!   With over a dozen archaeological sites that could be Sodom, what makes Tall-el Hammam stand out? In this first episode of the Troweling Down Podcast, Dr. Collins and Dr. Byers discuss why Sodom is believed to be the location of Sodom.   Become a dig volunteer for Season 16: https://bit.ly/DigSodom2020 Become an Inner Circl...