Archaeologists believe they have found the site of a notorious Assyrian military camp, reports the Daily Mail . Archaeologists have found an ancient military base that may partially confirm the story from the Bible about God’s angels who repelled an attack on Jerusalem. One biblical story says that about 2,700 years ago, God sent a messenger angel to confront an army of Assyrian warriors who came with the intention of conquering the Holy Land. According to legend, the angel of the Lord brought down his wrath on the Assyrian army and killed 185 thousand soldiers in one night. Until recently, there was no archaeological evidence that such a battle could actually occur, supernatural elements aside. Now, archaeologist Stephen Compton, armed with modern mapping methods, has discovered evidence that some kind of epic battle did take place. The Assyrian Empire existed from 1365 to 609 BC. e., that is, hundreds of years before the time of Christ. The invasion of Jerusalem was launched by the Assyrian king Sennacherib. He was eager to assert his political and economic dominance over all routes through the Syrian Desert leading to the Mediterranean Sea. Previously, scientists found a scene that was carved on the stone walls of the palace of King Sennacherib. It was dedicated to the conquest of Lachish, a city south of Israel. The carvings also identified a military base, allowing scientists to compare it with photographs of the area taken in the 1910s. Photo of the area in the 1910s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Compton saw an area that was the same size and shape as the paintings on the walls of the palace. Ruins were found in this area – the remains of a perimeter wall, as well as fragments of ceramics. Further archaeological exploration of the site revealed that it was abandoned after Sennacherib’s invasion and remained so for 2,600 years. The first discovery allowed researchers to continue searching for other military installations in the area. Eventually Compton did find the former location of Sennacherib’s military camps. “Each was a circular site located close to the old city walls, and each camp had the same Arabic name, or so it says on one of the early maps,” says Compton. The name of the camps also suggested that it was in this place that Sennacherib’s forces planned their attack. Three biblical passages detail how Assyrian soldiers were massacred the night before the attack on Jerusalem. In all three cases, the Israelite deity Yahweh sent an angel who entered the enemy camp and killed all the soldiers while they slept. The Lord’s messenger was sent to protect Jerusalem as an answer to the prayers of its ruler, Hezekiah. Another variation of this legend says that a plague killed the Assyrian army, and the Greek version claimed that the army was defeated because mice sneaked into the camp at night and gnawed the strings on their bows and the straps on their shields. The post Biblical story of 185,000 soldiers’ deaths partially confirmed appeared first on Anomalien.com.