The Quest for the Great Stones - Video Interview with the Author

Author Garry Matheny talks about his new book, "The Quest for the Great Stones." Jeremiah 43:9-10, Buried prophetic stones and mysteries of an Egyptian town... Our quest took us to the Library of Congress, to Egypt, twice to Oxford, three times to London and when we were done, we found what The father of modern archaeology was unable to find. Stones used as a prophetic sign of judgment. That King Nebuchadnezzar's throne sat over set his throne upon these stones. That the prophet Jeremiah held Take great stones in thine hand. That God buried These stones that I have hid. And as to these stones, the word great does not refer to size for they were held in one hand Take great stones in thine hand yet they were called great. We are only talking about a fifty year time period when the name Tahpanhes is used, yet no other Egyptian town in the Bible is mentioned more than this city. And then, mysteriously, the name Tahpanhes seems to have fallen off the map. It has never been found in Egyptian hieroglyphics, yet we know it existed in the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls and also in a Phoenician letter of the 6th century B.C. Editor, Christian magazine, Keith Bassham. "Fascinating read... Great story. I've seen archeologists in the press (cf. the Gospel of Judas, the Jesus family burial plot, etc.) hang their hats on much smaller hooks than the ones you present." Evangelist, Mike Gass. "Impressive! You need to publish your findings. The book has a lot of good features including intrigue." Author, Otis Ledbetter. "Your research and due diligence is breathtaking. I enjoyed read-ing your manuscript. It kept me connected and looking forward." A LITTLE ABOUT THE AUTHOR G.M. Matheny was a Navy diver on the nuclear submarine USS Halibut and received the Legion of Merit for a special operation. He received his bachelor's degree from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College. He and his wife, Nancy, came to Romania in 1991 with their six children, where they serve as missionaries. EXCERPT PREVIEW This is a true story of biblical archaeology with mysteries, surprises, intrigue and ironies. The story is told as the events unfolded and progresses from having only a few pieces of the puzzle to making the find. Along the way, I learned some things that showed the error of certain ideas that I had held at the beginning. I therefore have noted my mistakes and the errors of others, and given what was right when I found it later. These few notes I have left along the way may help you to figure out some surprising and unexpected things before we did, because we almost missed finding the great stones of the prophet Jeremiah and that King Nebuchadnezzar's throne sat upon. I will purposely avoid sounding like a professor at a university. Ill be using terms that are easy to understand; so if a few things are not said the way some expert in this field of science would say them, then don't throw the baby out with the bath water. "Through all of this my wife was getting more than a little tired of it, and I had been spending our funds on the trips to England and Egypt. It was at this time, with all we had done and still no proof, that Nancy said, Maybe enough is enough. Please allow a momentary pause here. I want you to appreciate how I felt. No one believed me. But I did believe in what I was doing and I wanted my wife to, also. And now she was basically telling me, Let it go. And I said, Nancy, have I ever done something like this before? In all the years that we have been married, have I ever gone chasing after anything like this before? Nancy said, Thats right, you haven't. There were seven mysteries to solve. 1. Why has the Egyptian named city of Tahpanhes never been found in Egyptian hieroglyphics? Even though the names of the other Egyptian cities given in the Bible have been found, yet none of them are named more in the Bible than Tahpanhes. 2. Why would the Egyptians name a city, a very large city, after someone from another country? 3. Why would the small city of Tell Defenneh (which the archaeologists believe is Tahpanhes) have two Greek names? (The only other city in Egypt with two Greek names was the large city of Thebes being also called Diospolis.) 4. Why could not Sir Flinders Petrie The Father of Modern Archaeology find the great stones buried by the prophet Jeremiah? 5. Why would anyone bury something of value right in front of the entrance to Pharaohs palace? 6. Why would someone intentionally remove the name of a city in Egypt? 7. Jeremiah buried great stones in the city of Tahpanhes, but does the word great mean large, important or.