News outlets have been reporting the paper, published in January, which appeared to prove that archaeological discoveries have shown the Bible to be totally wrong about camels.
Commenting on the widely reported Tel Aviv University document, Dr K. Martin Heide of Philipps University Marburg, an expert on Semitic languages and cultures, has made some interesting statements in support of the biblical narrative.
‘Large-scale exploitation of the dromedary started in Israel in the 10th century BC. Minor appearances of the dromedary (which left no traces in the archaeological record) in Israel earlier, were not excluded.
