When the sun stood still upon Gibeon [h=1]?Joshua stopped the sun? 3,224 years ago today, scientists say[/h] [h=2]Researchers claim epic Biblical story is earliest account of annular eclipse that occurred on October 30, 1207 BCE; also helps pinpoint reigns of Pharaohs Ramesses and Merneptah[/h] By
David Sedley 30 October 2017, 10:11 pm Cambridge researchers announced Monday that they have pinpointed the date of the biblical account of Joshua stopping the sun ? which they claim is the day of the oldest eclipse ever recorded ? to October 30, 1207 BCE, exactly 3,224 years ago.
In a paper published in the ?
Royal Astronomical Society journal Astronomy & Geophysics,? researchers explained that they were consequently also able to refine the dates of the reigns of two Egyptian pharaohs of that era, Ramesses the Great and his son Merneptah...
