Ancient alphabetic writing from Tel Lachish and the historicity of Moses

This weekwe turn back in time in light of a report on an exciting archaeological discovery in Israel that supports the historicity of the Biblical record with clear evidence of a Semitic alphabet existing at the time of Moses. This discovery supports the synchronization of the Biblical text with Egyptian history. A tiny pottery shard inscribed with ink unearthed at Lachish in Israel dates to 3,500 years ago and is the oldest Semitic text from the Southern Levant to use alphabetic writing, rather than pictographic.