Here is some original archive footage, unedited, made by my team who visited there on September 15, 1996. The quality is not the best, having been filmed nearly 30 years ago with a video camera. Is this a forgery or might it go back to ancient times?
There is a celestial star map recording a solar eclipse dating to precisely occurring on September 15, 107 B. C. E. I have run that date on a sophisticated computer calendar that does conversions to the ancient Hebrew calendar and surprisingly, that date turns out to fall on Tishri 1st, or Rosh HaShanah of that year—107 B.C.E.
Make of it what you will. Many scholars doubt the authenticity on the ground of “too good to be true,” but I interviewed Cyrus Gordon at Harvard several years ago,, one of the greatest linguists of our time, and he held the view it was ancient. Here is the link to Tablet Magazine article that explores the various sides of the debate. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-mystery-stone
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