Giant ammonite6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() This costs substantial money and resources, but we don't charge a cent to you to cover any of those expenses. ![]() Our website, blog and email newsletter are a crucial part of Biblical Archaeology Society's nonprofit educational mission Depictions of Milcom have been uncovered through archaeological excavations-as have representations of Ammonite kings, such as the monumental statue uncovered at Rabbah in 2010. Burnett describes the boundaries of Ammon: “The Ammonite heartland comprised the north-central Transjordanian Plateau encircled by the upper Jabbok … within a 12.5-mile radius of its capital at the headwaters of the Jabbok.” The Ammonites’ primary deity was the god Milcom. The capital of the Iron Age kingdom of Ammon was Rabbah, which is located at modern-day Amman, Jordan. Who were the Ammonites? In the Bible, they are described as being descendants of Ben-ammi, who was the son of Lot (Abraham’s nephew) and Lot’s younger daughter (Genesis 19:38). Burnett examines the incredible archaeological discoveries from Ammon, Moab and Edom. In his article “Ammon, Moab and Edom: Gods and Kingdoms East of the Jordan,” published in the November/December 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Joel S. Although the Bible offers information about these three Iron Age kingdoms, recent archaeological discoveries are bringing to light a fuller picture of them. When the kingdoms of Israel and Judah controlled the land of Canaan, the kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom ruled east of the Jordan. Who were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible? Standing more than 6.5 feet tall and dating to the Iron Age, this statue of an Ammonite king was uncovered in 2010 at Amman, Jordan. ![]()
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