Show discoveries shed light on biblical allusions in a lecture on archeology archaeology Arche and bible dable history to the affie royal institution prof J garstang said palestine since the war had witnessed an unparalleled activity in arche archaeological archeological 1191 aaion and the results throw threw light upon the period of joshua the judg says the san francisco chronicle all the d V evidence pointed toward tho same date in the middle of tile tho late bronze age finif about 1400 B ct C as the starting point of the of israel in canaan upon this basis the historical details and topographical at al in tile the old sources of the nook flook of joshua were found to nc ac tile the material results of investigation vesti gation while the fragmentary picture of israels position un under deethe he judges was found to 0 o of fit adequately In into the tr frame provided hy by chronology and to correspond closely in certain details with the ree ord of Egypt egyptien Inn relations witt with tile land or of cannan canaan there was no reason to 1 doubt the traditions embodied in tile lie old documentary sources of bodi books were founded on facts |