Gordon Govier has written an excellent article in this month’s Christianity Today on the problem of amateur “archaeologists” who make sensational, but unfounded, claims. As Govier notes, I have commented on the issue here before. What this means to you: the next time someone forwards you an email that shows chariot wheels under the Red Sea or similar phenomena, hit the delete key.
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One thought on “CT article on Amateur Archaeologists”
Good article except for the last paragraph where he says he’s not opposed to all amateur archaeologists because a lot of the archaeological work is done by volunteers. This statement confuses the two. Volunteers aren’t archaeologists, which means he doesn’t have to be so apologetic in dismissing the amateurs.
-BF