A land trustee of the Samaria Regional Council who was walking through a National Park discovered Palestinian antiquities robbers destroying important archaeological finds dating back thousands of years.
Read more: Palestinians Caught Looting Bodies From Site Of Israelite Kings Castle
Fragments of the fortifications of the ancient Jerusalem walls and a mysterious handprint carved into the rock were uncovered in archaeological excavations by the Antiquities Authority on Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem.
Read more: Ancient Handprint Found In Moat Carved In The Bedrock Under Old-City Street
Archaeological finds related to the Judean Revolt against the Romans in Jerusalem have provided valuable insight into one of the most significant events in Jewish history.
Read more: Despite Palestinian Claims, Jewish History In Israel Is Well Documented
Everyone agrees on one thing: Already in the Middle Bronze Age (1550-2000 BC) Jerusalem was a significant city that is also mentioned in non-biblical writings. Was the city surrounded by a wall already in the Bronze Age? Is Jerusalem indeed a "walled city from the time of Joshua bin-Nun?"
Read more: How Old Are Jerusalem's Walls? Experts Say Parts Date Back To The Bronze Age
After over a century, researchers have verified with a considerable degree of certainty that the “Mesha Stele”, an engraved stone slab discovered in 1868 east of the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan, in fact, does contain explicit references to King David and events that correspond to biblical writings. Also known as the Moabite Stone, the Stele has provided historians and linguists with the greatest source of the Moabite language to date, a Canaanite dialect, once spoken in the region described in the Bible as Moab in the early first millennium BC.
Read more: Researchers Confirm Biblical Story Using Oldest Reference To King David & YHWH
