I am a retired World History teacher who became interested in Biblical Archaeology many years ago. I brought my love of ancient history along with my training in researching historical events together to explore how much modern Archaeology, using advances in science, has improved our understanding of the events and people involved in the creation of the Old Testament. Some of the new tools being used are new types of ground penetrating radar that allows archaeologist to see what is underground without digging a hole, a new type of radar called LADAR that can remove vegetation when scanning the ground, new types of photography using different wavelengths of light that allows us to read ancient writings on shards of pottery and on ancient manuscripts that coul…