More on Sennacherib's possible camps

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY UPDATE: Long-lost Assyrian military camp devastated by 'the angel of the Lord' finally found, scientist claims. Has a scholar located two Assyrian military camps mentioned in the Hebrew bible? (Owen Jarus, Live Science).

This essay has a good summary of the sections of the underlying Near Eastern Archaeology article which deal with Lachish and Jerusalem. It also has some assessments of the article by other archaeologists. As usual with these things, not everyone is convinced.

Background here.

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