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7000 year old Israel village

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  • #16
    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
    ...unless what they left just wasn't worth carrying away.


    At least in the case of war, you have someone who is half exhausted, lugging weapons and often a shield and armor, usually during the warmer times of the year, marching on foot often many miles from home. It just isn't worth it to carry off some tools, pottery and the like under those conditions.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
      even if they left their stuff behind because of war or crop failure or whatever, it would have normally been looted in the near future of the event.
      In the reality of abandoned villages, towns, cities, settlements the world over. Archeaologists find objects such as these and even valuable items such as gold. Often when sites are abandoned due to conflicts and possible earthquakes, they leave quickly and abandon their belongings. Sometimes thngs are buried in hopes of coming back.
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      • #18
        Is this settlement consistent with a Canaanite civilization? From a biblical point of view, anything prior to 1500BC would be Canaanite, and prior to 3100BC would be anti-deluvian, and to 5500BC to the creation of Adam. (LXX) The Caananites called the city Salem (mentioned in the Bible in the time of Abraham), and was renamed to Jerusalem by Israel. There is no mention of whether the area was settled prior to the flood.

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