To: yonif
I really like this stuff.
As far as I can tell the David/Solomon reign in Israel forms a kind of boundary line in the record. Going forward in the first millinium BC archaelogy has done a good job of verifying the basic biblical story.
But before the David/Solomon reign things get spotty. It looks like the pace of excavation is picking up. Also the quality of the archealogical tools is improving. I have heard there are a lot of libraries that have not been translated from kingdoms contemporary to Israel of the 2 millenium BC. But I don't know if more translators are coming into the field.
3 posted on
04/16/2003 8:52:24 AM PDT by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer; yonif; ZULU
Archeologists have found no evidence of the existance of a King named Solomon or David.
Just like the excavations at Troy have not uncovered anyone named Paris or Helen.
7 posted on
04/16/2003 11:54:52 AM PDT by
Destro
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