[Grimmy]

First:
Thanks for the guidance.

Second:
Don’t many in the archeology field hold to the opinion that King Solomon is just a myth?

Not sure where I heard that. Probably on one of the less than depthful History Channel productions or some such.

[aruanan]

Don’t many in the archeology field hold to the opinion that King Solomon is just a myth?

At one time, the entire Old Testament history was held to be a myth. Archaelogy has been nibbling away at this prejudice.

[SunkenCiv]

No, but there are those (Finkelstein for example) who claim that there was nothing much to the Kingdom of Israel, basing that on the Egyptian pseudochronology popularized over a hundred years ago. 18th dynasty Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s bas relief of her voyage to Punt names the port official who greeted her there, and it matches that of a Solomonic-era port official in charge at Ezion Geber.