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Friday, August 05, 2005

Archaeological Discovery in Jerusalem

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posted by Ken @ 2:02:00 AM

New York Times: Archaeologist Eilat Mazar stands in the East Jerusalem ruins of a huge 10th century B.C. public building she suspects may have been King David's palace

The excavations of Yigal Shiloh, recent excavations by Reich and Shukron, and now the excavations by Eilat Mazar in the City of David and Jerusalem have and are yielding impressive finds. Most recently, it has been reported in various online articles that Eilat Mazar has uncovered the foundations of a significant building, which she dates to the 10th or 9th century on the basis of pottery at the walls. (HT: Jim West)

King David's fabled palace: Is this it?
By Steven Erlanger, The New York Times

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2005

JERUSALEM An Israeli archaeologist says she has uncovered in East Jerusalem what she believes may be the fabled palace of the biblical King David. Her work has been sponsored by the Shalem Center, a neoconservative think tank in Jerusalem, and funded by an American Jewish investment banker who would like to help provide scientific support for the Bible as a reflection of Jewish history.

Other scholars who have toured the site are skeptical that the foundation walls Eilat Mazar has discovered are David's palace. But they acknowledge that what she has uncovered is rare and important - a major public building from around the 10th century B.C. with pottery shards that date from the time of David and Solomon and a government seal of an official mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah. cont'd

Regardless of whether Mazar's dating or her sense that this is a royal palace holds up, this building will likely remain an important find. If her interpretation, or at least the dating, is proven accurate, it will undoubtedly rank among Reich and Shukron's work at the Siloam Pool, Yigal Shiloh's Persian Period Stratum 9, and a growing handful of other finds as truly field-changing discoveries in City of David and Jerusalem archaeology of the past 20-30 years.

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