67 Digging in a Sacred Bone Deposit (Guest: Jordan McClinton)

About this episode

Archaeologist Jordan McClinton discusses the significance of bone deposits from animal sacrifices at the ancient site of Shiloh.

What happens to the bones after animals have been offered as a sacrifice? Do you just put them with the regular trash? or some place special, because they had been an offering? Archaeologist Jordan McClinton is the area supervisor for the favissa, or sacred deposit, of the dig site at Shiloh, which was the capital of Israel for over 300 years, and was where the tabernacle and sacrificial system was located. He joins Henry to talk about some of the discoveries that ABR has made in this deposit since they have been digging there. Digging Up Sacred Trash - Digging for Truth TV DigShiloh.org - Sign up to dig at Shiloh

People in this episode

Host: Henry

Guest: Jordan McClinton

Topics covered

• sacred deposits
• archaeology
• sacrificial system
• ancient Israel
• tabernacle
• animal sacrifice

Keywords

• sacred bone deposit
• animal sacrifice
• archaeology
• Shiloh
• tabernacle
• sacrificial system
• Jordan McClinton

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Associates for Biblical Research

Places: Shiloh

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