David and Goliath Illustration by Scott Cameron
The Bible describes a formidable city where Goliath, the giant defeated by David, lived. Now, archaeologists have unearthed the entrance to this city, believed to have been the home of the powerful Philistine empire before it was destroyed in the ninth century B.C.
A massive gate and a portion of a fortified wall were uncovered in Tell es-Safi, a Palestinian village in Israel, giving hints on the biggest metropolis in the region during biblical times.
Professor Aren Maeir, an archaeologist from Bar-Ilan University in Israel who has been leading the excavation, believes these artefacts once served as the entrance to "the lower city of Gath," described in the Bible as Goliath's home.
The same gate is referred to in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the story detailing how David escaped from King Saul to Achish, the King of Gath...
A massive gate and a portion of a fortified wall were uncovered in Tell es-Safi, a Palestinian village in Israel, giving hints on the biggest metropolis in the region during biblical times.
Professor Aren Maeir, an archaeologist from Bar-Ilan University in Israel who has been leading the excavation, believes these artefacts once served as the entrance to "the lower city of Gath," described in the Bible as Goliath's home.
The same gate is referred to in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the story detailing how David escaped from King Saul to Achish, the King of Gath...
