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1. What is Archaeology? 
   1. “the systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of the remaining material evidence such as graves, buildings, monuments, inscriptions, tools,  and pottery.”
2. What does Archaeology study? 
   1. How people lived in the past
3. How do Archaeologists do their work? 
   1. Digging up ancient sites where people lived.
4. What is a common general word for things discovered by archaeologists? 
   1. artifacts
5. What did Jesus tell the Pharisees who tried to get Him to stop His followers from praising Him? 
   1. If they stopped the rocks would do it
6. How does the age of archaeological study compare with the age of the study of biology, physics, and chemistry? 
   1. It’s relatively new
7. Who is considered to be the “Father of Archaeological Excavation?” 
   1. William Cunnington
8. What was the status of Archaeology in the mid-19th century?
   1.  Hobby, amateurs only
9. Why were many historians of the past not willing to trust the Bible for historical information? 
   1. Objected to miracles
10. Why did they assume that it was mythological? 
    1. Anti-supernatural bias
11. What are “materialists” (in a metaphysical sense)? 
    1. Do not believe that anything exists except matter. No spiritual world at all.
12. What is “mythology?” 
    1. Creative imaginary stories about ancient  gods and goddesses with no connection to actual history
13. What are some general things that archaeologists are able to confirm? 
    1. People, places, events really did exist/happen
14. How does archaeology help us obey 1 Peter 3:15? 
    1. Confirms that history recorded in the Bible is not made up.
15. Can archaeology prove that God wrote the Bible? 
    1. No. Only that what is says, historically, is accurate
16. What is a stele? 
    1. Upright stone slab with writing on it
17. What kind of information was often recorded on a stele?
    1. History of battles, important events, gravestone information