From time to time we'll be passing along to you items of interest concerning Biblical archaeology—a field that is making important contributions to Scriptural history.
Isaiah's hopeful prophecy that nations would beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks was an early expression of what today is called technology transfer. Now some cold war technologies, transferred to scholarly pursuits, are being applied to the study of people of biblical times—and could become important tools in all archeology.
These tools are advanced infrared imaging systems enhanced by highly sensitive electronic cameras and computer image-processing technology. Many of these technologies were developed at the height of the cold war, some for aerial and space reconnaissance, and have since been extended to civilian earth surveys and improved methods of observing the planets and stars.
