| Prior to the 19th century there were many facts | | | | otherwise. |
| contained within the historical narratives of the Bible | | | | In the last century numerous archaeological discoveries |
| which were not verifiable. In other words, there were | | | | have been made which vindicate the historical |
| many people, places, battles, and dates which were | | | | narratives of the Old Testament. Because these |
| only found in the Bible. | | | | narratives are quite specific, they easily lend |
| Severe attacks on the Bible originated in the 19th | | | | themselves to archaeological investigation. |
| century which asserted that the writers of the | | | | Over 25,000 sites have been discovered which have |
| Scriptures resorted to folklore and myth to validate | | | | a connection with the Old Testament period. Not only |
| their spiritual teachings. These critics asserted that the | | | | have these discoveries provided external confirmation |
| people and places recorded in the early parts of | | | | to hundreds of scriptural assertions, but not one single |
| Scriptures were mere legend. | | | | archaeological discovery has ever contradicted a |
| Just as these theories of higher criticism seemed on | | | | biblical assertion. |
| the verge of destroying the integrity of the Scriptures, | | | | Places and people from the Old Testament began to |
| an explosion of archaeological evidence silenced the | | | | surface with the discoveries of ancient civilizations in |
| critics. In the early 19th century scientists began to dig | | | | Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, and Palestine. So many of |
| beneath the surface of the earth. They found ancient | | | | the past criticisms have been refuted that it seems |
| cities and civilizations they never knew existed. | | | | that God is trying to send a message to modern |
| At a time when the Scriptures were said to be void of | | | | scientific men. |
| historical confirmation, the stones began to cry out | | | | |