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Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
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I saw that news also. The radiocarbon dating on the hand bone indicated it was from someone who lived in the first century. Hard to see how it could be proven that the bone came from John the Baptist though.
It would be interesting if they retrieved some of the chariots / horse bones / people bones from the Red Sea and did carbon dating on them. If the dating indicates an age of ~ 3500 years (historical documents state that the parting of Red Sea event occurred in 1441 BC), then the theory that someone planted the objects there is bunk. If, however, the objects date to recent history, it would make sense they were planted there. Take a scientific approach and evaluate the evidence.