CNN Back to the Beginning With Christiane Amanpour December 22, 2014 04:14:00
A kind of ancient royal archive called a stila. >> and it mentions a house, or dynasty of david. and the reading is clear. it also mentions an entity, a state-like entity called israel. >> reporter: it may seem like a small thing, but it's an important discovery. it makes david the earliest biblical figure whom we can confirm actually existed. but the stila doesn't confirm some of the more scandalous details of david's life. >> david, here was a guy who was the king. he had it all. he could have anything he wanted. he had the absolute loyalty of his soldiers. he was on top. and then he goes ou...