Summary:

In this episode, you’ll learn how archaeological discoveries from the Middle Bronze Age shed light on Abram’s world and travels across Mesopotamia and Canaan. By reexamining evidence, scholars now suggest that Abram’s birthplace may have been near Haran in northern Mesopotamia—not the distant Sumerian Ur—highlighting how imprecise headlines have sometimes misled biblical geography.

Episode links:

Code of Hammurabi: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010174436

“Ur, Iraq,” Online Collection at the Penn Museum: https://www.penn.museum/collections/highlights/neareast/location/ur.php

"A Spectacular Discovery." Expedition Magazine 60, no. 1 (May, 2018): -. Accessed October 09, 2025. https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/a-spectacular-discovery/

Objects from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Online Collection at British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x32510

Sanlıurfa Museum: https://www.turkishmuseums.com/museum/detail/2227-sanliurfa-museum/2227/4

Amanda Hope Haley, “Big Digs, Bad Detectives” in Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/big-digs-bad-detectives/

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