Ancient Metal Religious Books
(Coast to Coast with guests David Elkington and Charles M. Higgins) Appearing in the middle two hours, British scholar and author David Elkington speak about the extraordinary discovery of 70 ancient metal religious books that could alter the world's view of biblical history. (See related article). Elkington, who was privileged to examine the lead tablets in person, said the books contain images and a form of paleo-Hebrew writing, measure about four inches across, and many are still sealed. Almost all appear to be authentic. "If they are forgeries, what are they forgeries of? Because you don't forge something that's unique," he noted. Laboratory metallurgical tests confirmed they are ancient, he continued, adding that the book form of the metal documents points to an early Christian origin.
3,000 year old written record discovered in Greece
(AFP, April 7, 2011) A clay tablet that is over 3,000 years old and considered Europe's oldest readable text has been found in an ancient refuse pit in southern Greece, a US-based researcher claimed on Tuesday [April 5, 2011]. The tablet, an apparent financial record from a long-lost Mycenaean town, is about a century older than previous discoveries, said Michael Cosmopoulos, an archeology professor at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. The sun-dried tablet was found near the hilltop village of Iklaina in the western Peloponnese peninsula, surviving purely by accident when the refuse pit was set on fire and baked the clay.
These very small metal books -- many of which are sealed, with the approximate height and width of a credit card -- are being called the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls (over 900 manuscripts that include every book of the Christian Bible's Old Testament, except the Book of Esther) in Christian history. The books are said to have contemporary accounts about Jesus and his crucifixion and resurrection. These books have been dated from the 1st century.
