The Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (2018)

Gӧbekli Tepe/end of Ice Age data point on the lower Figs. 3 and 4 biblical timelines is directly below where we have placed it on the upper timelines; it is not independent of the upper data point in the figures. 4. Formation of the Nile Delta as a conventional timeline data point The end of the Ice Age also figures in determining our next timeline data point. As shown by Habermehl (2013a), one of the consequences of the great deglaciation (ice meltdown) was that world weather systems were affected, and the monsoon rain belts moved northwards into southern areas of Africa where the Nile River originated (the Nile River is about 6,800 km long). The resultant unusual heavy rains in the Nile basin caused the Nile River to go “crazy” for a short period in history; geologists call this the time of the “wild Nile” (Butzer 1982, p. 284). At this time the Nile Delta was formed in its entirety by the raging river washing vast amounts of sediments northward (although Egypt had existed before this geological event, there had been no Nile Delta; see Anonymous 1981; Muhs et al. 2013; Woodward et al. 2015). This means that there was a time lag between the end of the Ice Age and the formation of the Delta. Scientists have determined that the Nile Delta has not enlarged appreciably since the end of its formation about 6,000 BC(CT), as shown by bore profiles (Butzer 1970, p. 67). The Nile Delta formation around 6,000 BC(CT) is therefore a data point that lies on the conventional timeline (in Figs. 3 and 4). 5. Founding of the 1 st Dynasty of Egypt as a conventional timeline data point The 1 st Dynasty of Egypt began about 3,000 BC(CT) (Shaw 2003, p. 481). Habermehl (2013b) supports this early conventional date for Abraham’s visit to Egypt by showing that the famous Imhotep of Egyptian history in the 3 rd Dynasty was Joseph, and then estimating a date for Abraham from this. However, we note that the more traditional date for Abraham’s visit around 1,920 BC(MT) can be substituted on the upper timeline, and it will make little difference in the conclusions because the numbers on the conventional timeline are so large relative to the numbers on the MT and LXX timelines. The beginning of the 1 st Dynasty of Egypt is therefore a data point on the conventional timeline of Figs. 3 and 4; this point is placed opposite Abraham’s visit to Egypt on the lower biblical timelines of Figs. 3 and 4. We now have the following approximate historical data points for the conventional timelines in Figs. 3 and 4: (from left to right) appearance of Acheulean tools, end of Neanderthals, end of the Ice Age/founding of Gӧbekli Tepe, formation of the Nile Delta, and beginning of the 1st Dynasty of Egypt. We emphasize that placement of these data points on the conventional timelines is approximate, and therefore the conclusions that are drawn from these figures are not precise. This is because we do not have the necessary data for precision. Habermehl ◀ Göbekli Tepe ▶ 2018 ICC 9 Figure 3. The conventional historical timeline versus the MT biblical timeline. The three points on the upper conventional line between the Acheulean on the left and the beginning of the 1 st Dynasty on the right (23,000, 10,000 and 6,000) are suggested estimated positions based on the rapidly decreasing amounts of time, and are not precisely calculated. This means that dates read from the lower MT timeline are approximate, including the date for the founding of Gӧbekli Tepe. The Acheulean point is considered to be close to the time of Babel because time on the conventional timeline is speeding up rapidly as we go backwards. The placement point for the end of the Neanderthals is estimated to fit on the timeline before the end of the secular Ice Age (10,000 BC(CT)). The 3,000 BC(CT) date of Abraham in Egypt is based on timeline revision (Habermehl 2013a,b); if 2,000 BC is instead used, for those who do not accept timeline revision, this will make little difference in the overall conclusions because of the enormous amount of conventional time that has been projected onto the vastly shorter biblical timeline. This shows Gӧbekli Tepe’s founding somewhat more than 100 years before Abraham’s visit to Egypt in approximately 1920 BC (MT) (this figure for Abraham’s visit to Egypt is based on a 215-year sojourn of the Children of Israel in Egypt). (Figure by A. Habermehl 2018.) Figure 4 . The conventional historical timeline versus the LXX biblical timeline, using the same conventional dates and their estimated placement as in Fig. 3. This figure shows about 250 years between the founding of Gӧbekli Tepe and Abraham’s visit to Egypt. The death of Eber at 504 years old (Gen. 11:16 LXX) is shown as a historical point between Babel and Abraham’s visit to Egypt. (Eber is not shown in Fig. 3 because on the MT timeline he died in 1817 BC, four years after Abraham (Jones 2004, p. 278)). (Figure by A. Habermehl 2018.)