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  1. www.asc.ohio-state.edu › mcculloch › archThe Newark "Holy Stones" - Ohio State University

    Wyrick found the Keystone within what is now a developed section of Newark, at the bottom of a pit adjacent to the extensive ancient Hopewellian earthworks there (c. 100 BC - 500 AD). Although the pit was surely ancient, and the stone was covered with 12-14" of earth, it is impossible to say when the stone fell into the pit.

  2. www.asc.ohio-state.edu › mcculloch › archWyrick's Letter to Joseph Henry - Ohio State University

    Another, a carved head found within the undisturbed center of another mound near Newark, bears a brief inscription in a recognizable Square Hebrew more like the Keystone's script. The third, a photograph of which appears in Alrutz's article, is a curious talisman representing several intertwined human and animal heads, with a few letters of Hebrew or a related script across one of the foreheads.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ancient_Hebrew_writingsAncient Hebrew writings - Wikipedia

    Ancient Hebrew writings are texts written in Biblical Hebrew using the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The earliest known precursor to Hebrew, an inscription in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet , is the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (11th–10th century BCE), [ 1 ] if it can be considered Hebrew at that early a stage.

  5. ohioarchaeology.org › file_download › inlineTHE NEWARK HOLY STONES: THE HISTORY OF AN ... - Ohio archaeology

    The Newark Holy Stones are a series of fraudulent artifacts inscribed with Hebrew lettering that were claimed to have been found in Licking County, Ohio beginning in 1860. After scientific review, they all have been revealed to be forgeries or hoaxes. In recent years, some of these objects

  6. www.asc.ohio-state.edu › mcculloch › archBat Creek Inscription - Ohio State University

    The short diagonal word divider used on the Bat Creek inscription is less common than the dot, but appears both in the Siloam inscription and the Qumran Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus scroll. In 1988, wood fragments found with the inscription were Carbon-14 dated to somewhere between 32 A.D. and 769 A.D.(McCulloch 1988).

  7. personal.stevens.edu › holy_stones_newark_ohioThe “Holy” Stones Found Near Newark, Ohio Dr. Yitzchok Levine ...

    One of the people accompanying Wyrick when he found the Decalogue Stone found a stone bowl. It is made of the same material as the box and has the capacity of a teacup. “The bowl was long neglected, but was found recently in the storage rooms of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum by Dr. Bradley Lepper of the Ohio Historical Society.” 6

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  9. www.ohiohistory.org › holidays-hebrew-and-the-holyHolidays, Hebrew, and the Holy Keystone - Ohio History Connection

    Dec 15, 2013 · The Newark Holy Stones are two objects found in June & November of 1860 both by David Wyrick. (1) They are objects of similar size and heft which, while found in different locations spread across miles of Licking County, Ohio, both exhibit forms of Hebrew lettering carved into their surfaces.