Shroud made of linen

Folded Piece of Linen with Hieratic Inscriptionca. 1961–1917 B.C., Middle Kingdom https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/561865 The TS is made of a linen cloth. The Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. https://www.shroud.com/ Linen has been used for a long time going back to the time of ancient Egypt. …

Blyde River Canyon

One of the largest canyons on earth is the Blyde River Canyon in South Africe. It is 16 miles long and averages 2,460 feet in depth. We see multiple parallel layers. So, when they were originally formed, it was all relatively flat and underwater. These layers covers a vast range of land. Then after all …

Extreme oversimplification of a very complex and nuanced

TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:29 am Well yes, it does sound reasonable. There is no reason to demand tilting, faulting, rolling over and strata folding everywhere. For the span of a billion years, there is relatively little evidence of faults, uplift, folding, erosion, seismic activity, geologic activity (and let me add even plant …

Cause of stratification?

Here are examples of exposed stratified rock. We see parallel layers and then massive erosion after the layers were deposited. This pattern is so common we don’t even think twice about it. But, if you think about it, what would cause this pattern? Why would layers be parallel? Where did the sediment come from to …

Why did Sennacherib abandon attacking Jerusalem?

TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:35 pm Even without Chronicles, I’d be inclined to credit the Assyrian account because you can see Sennacherib face -saving what was Terms when normally he’d stamp the place flat for rebelling. But then someone drew my attention to Chronicles and I realised that was a different Biblical account …