Archaeology news: 'Incredible artefact testifies to the existence' of Bible's King David
Archaeology news: According to the Bible, David killed the giant Goliath (Image: GETTY) READ MORE The archaeological site, which sits near Israel's border with Lebanon, was an Iron Age settlement built about 4500 BC and abandoned in 733 BC. It was at Tel-Dan that researchers found a nearly 3,000-year-old inscription on the so-called Tel Dan Stele - stone slab - mentioning the fabled House of David. Professor Meyer told Express.co.uk: "Up until 1993 to 1994 not one shred of archaeological evidence existed outside the pages of the Bible that mentioned the name of one of the most central figures...
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