
Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the Philistine's name, a find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible's tale of David's battle with the giant.While the discovery is not definitive evidence of Goliath's existence, it does support the Bible's depiction of life at the time the battlewas supposed to have occurred, said Dr.
Aren Maeir, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and director of the excavation."What this means is that at the time there were people there named Goliath," he said. "It shows us that David and Goliath's story reflects the cultural reality of the time." In the story, David slew Goliath with a slingshot.
Some
scholars assert the story of David slaying the giant Goliath is a myth
written down hundreds of years later. Maeir said finding the scraps
lends historical credence to the biblicalstory.
The shard dates back to
around 950 B.C., within 70 years of when biblical chronology asserts
David squared off against Goliath, making it the oldest Philistine
inscription ever found, the archaeologists said.
Scientists made the
discovery at Tel es-Safi, a dig site in southern Israel thought to be
to be the location of the Philistine city of Gath.Article Source
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