+UCatholic, Billy Ryan: The life of Joseph is one of the most well known biblical narratives in the Book of Genesis and the Bible in all, set around 1600 – 1700 BC in Canaan, modern day Palestine, Syria and Israel.
Some detractors of the Bible may believe the story has no basis in legitimate historical tradition, but scientific evidence shows just the opposite.
Researchers studying cores of ice from Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which supplies the famous Nile river with its water supply, found that a drought did take place around 3600 years ago – at the same time Joseph’s story is set in Egypt. More here.
