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Research corroborates many of the details found in the First Book of Kings.

1 Kings 10:1-2, 10-11 (RSV) Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard Is the queen of Sheba and her famous visit to see King Solomon the stuff of myth and legend or actual history? I provide significant evidence in favor of the latter.

In a new study in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, Dr. Daniel Vainstub proposes that the Ophel pithos inscription is written in Ancient South Arabian script and is connected with the account of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Jerusalem in the days of Solomon (1 Kings 10:1–13).

An enigmatic inscription on a jar discovered in Israel that identifies an ingredient for producing incense has been decoded by a recent study.

A new study has deciphered a mysterious inscription on a jar unearthed in Israel that lists an ingredient for making incense.

The Inscription Points to the Connection Between Israel Under the Reign of King Solomon and the Kingdom of Sheba

Discovered at the Ophel adjacent to the Temple Mount, seven letters on clay jar sherd are written in dialect and script stemming from the Arabian Peninsula, epigrapher suggests

What was the link between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba besides her testing his wisdom? A new Israeli study sheds light.

A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet

The first phonetic alphabet — where each symbol stands for a certain sound — is credited to the Canaanites. They lived in the Eastern Mediterranean over 2000 years ago. Over the years, archaeologists have found some of these symbols on old pottery pieces. Now, they have discovered the oldest complete sentence written in this alphabet on an ancient lice comb.