Radiometric dating of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem
Radiometric dating of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem
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耶路撒冷西罗亚隧道的放射性测年
DOI：
10.1038/nature01875
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发表时间：
2003
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
J. Rosenbaum
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作者：
A. Frumkin;A. Shimron;J. Rosenbaum
当与铁器时代的考古发现相比时，圣经文本的历史可信度经常受到争论。1、2和其中的引用)。原则上，现代科学方法可以用来独立测定似乎在圣经文本中提到的结构的年代，以评估其历史真实性。然而，在现实中，这种方法是极其困难的，因为考古保存不佳，身份鉴定不确定，可确定日期的材料稀缺，以及对识别明确的礼拜场所的科学准入受到限制。由于这些问题，到目前为止，还没有明确的圣经结构被确定为放射性年代。在这里，我们报告了Siloam隧道的放射性碳年代和U-Th年代，证明了它的铁器时代II日期；我们得出结论，圣经文本提供了Siloam隧道建造的准确历史记录。作为最长的没有中间竖井的古代水道之一，西罗亚姆隧道的年代是确定这项技术突破发生在哪里以及何时发生的关键。西罗亚姆隧道的年代测定也驳斥了这条隧道建于公元前2世纪的说法。
The historical credibility of texts from the Bible is often debated when compared with Iron Age archaeological finds (refs . 1, 2 and references therein). Modern scientific methods may, in principle, be used to independently date structures that seem to be mentioned in the biblical text, to evaluate its historical authenticity. In reality, however, this approach is extremely difficult because of poor archaeological preservation, uncertainty in identification, scarcity of datable materials, and restricted scientific access into well-identified worship sites. Because of these problems, no well-identified Biblical structure has been radiometrically dated until now. Here we report radiocarbon and U–Th dating of the Siloam Tunnel, proving its Iron Age II date; we conclude that the Biblical text presents an accurate historic record of the Siloam Tunnel's construction. Being one of the longest ancient water tunnels lacking intermediate shafts, dating the Siloam Tunnel is a key to determining where and when this technological breakthrough took place. Siloam Tunnel dating also refutes a claim that the tunnel was constructed in the second century bc.