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Examining the Evidence for the Destruction of Jericho – Part 2 | with Dr. Titus Kennedy

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

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Radiocarbon Dating: Can It Help You Date the Decay Date for Jericho?

A lot of samples taken from the Kenyan excavation were not run until decades later. Initially some of those dates came out in the 80s and it looked like they actually fit a 1400 BC destruction. But then the British Museum said there was a problem with their equipment calibrations. A lot of them were done later on and they, in their uncalibrated dates, were much closer to 1400 BC. The Italian-Palestinian joint expedition did a couple of samples too. One of theirs did get very close to the 1400 BC date as well.

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