TheLastForestOnEarth t1_ito7kc5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Reply to comment by Foomaster512 in Geomagnetic fields reveal that the army of Hazael, King of Aram-Damascus, was responsible for the destruction of several cities and that sites in Southern Judah were destroyed by the Edomites, who took advantage of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah by the Babylonians. by MyLifeisAsaJoker

I think at this point, this idea of dating things by magnetic field recordings in burnt things may still be in need of more believers. Using it to confirm biblical events doesn't help the technology to gain following and support IMO. Don't get me wrong, it could be perfectly reasonable and accurate, but it's the perfect storm of weirdness when you're first hearing of a new technique in this context.

ahazred8vt t1_itog8ss wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:20 AM

Um, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeomagnetic_dating has been used for decades; it's a standard archaeological technique when a city was burned to the ground.

TheLastForestOnEarth t1_itoifzu wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:39 AM

That definitely helps