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+ Scientific Corroboration of the Biblical Data Regarding Kiln-Baked Bricks “Please Hit ‘Subscribe’”! If you have received benefit from this or any of my A recent archaeological study verified the biblical accuracy of both the date of the sacking of Gath (Goliath's hometown) and the non-use of kiln-fired bricks in Israel.
It remains a mystery how the artifact of Hathor ended up in Spain but the research team has some theories.
Archaeologists are reconsidering the origins and history of a much-maligned ancient people
Get email notification for articles from Ariel David Follow Aug. 3, 2021 4:44 PM Usually when archaeologists dig through the ruins of an ancient site, they hope to unearth some important relics of the past. But last month, researchers sifting through a particular section of the Philistine city of Gath had an unusual goal: finding nothing. And, it looks like they’ve found it. What archaeologists were after was a gap in the otherwise massive fortifications of this Iron Age settlement in central Israel, best known as the hometown of the mythical giant Goliath. Gath, also known today as Tell e...
The view from the top of Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The excavation site at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The white cliffs beneath the site of the Blanche Garde at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) Sheep graze and egrets catch free rides in the pastures below Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The white cliffs beneath the site of the Blanche Garde at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) A milk thistle found along the trail leading up to Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The start of the trail up to Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The Christ thorn jujube at the beginning of the trail leading to Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am)