Quote of the Day #13
02 Jul 2009 Leave a Comment
in Ancient Near East (ANE), Quotes of the Day, Syro-Palestinian Archaeology Tags: Agatha Christie, Archaeology quote
An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie (1891-1975)
10th Century BCE Proto-Canaanite Inscription
30 Oct 2008 Leave a Comment
in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology Tags: Ancient Israel, Biblical Archaeology, David, Hebrew Inscription, Khirbet Qeifaya, Northwest Semitics, Proto-Canaanite, Syro-Palestinian Archaeology, Yossi Garfinkel
I truly wish I had time to write today, for quite the discovery has been made. Archeologist Yossi Garfinkel of Hebrew University in Jerusalem has discovered a proto-Canaanite inscription on a piece of pottery (ostracon) at the site of Khirbet Qeifaya. Claims have already been made that it could be the earliest “Hebrew” inscriptions that have been discovered to date, dating to the time of David.
See the article in Haaretz (Israeli) Newspaper’s online site.
Hebrew University’s field excavation site: The Khirbet Qeifaya Archaeological Project.
And to see some of the blogging on the subject I direct you to Douglas Mangum’s More on 10th Century BCE Inscription.
More to come later as information is made public,
–MLW
It is the glory of God to conceal things,but the glory of kings is to search things out – Proverbs 25:2
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