Archaeology: David's Palace

This will be the first installment of my Archaeology series. The point of this series is to show that the Bible is a reliable source of information regarding actual people, places and events. These sorts of finds are, frankly, too numerous to blog on all of them, but I want to highlight the big ones.

Historical revisionists have long questioned and even dismissed out of hand substantial claims documented only in Holy Scripture. One such item is the recent (1997) discovery of King David's Palace. This article documents how a 49 year old archaeologist, Eilat Mazar, used the Bible to locate King David's Palace, lost since the 9th century B.C.E.! There are now many authenticating features that make it highly unlikely that this find is anything other than David's Palace, even if the Bible had not been used to find it.

The article, as well as other sources, point out how the Palestinians and some secular archaeologists have scoffed at the existence of the Biblical David, or at least of his significance in Hebrew history. After all, the existence of a man like David that whipped his contemporary neighbors into submission isn't too comfortable for Canaanite descendents.

Once again, the Bible proves its worth as a guide for actual people, places and events. Does it prove there is a God? No, but it is evidence that the Bible isn't the fictional collage of stories as purported by the atheistic, pseudo-scientific community of our day.

In future installments, I hope to blog about the re-discovery of the Hittite Empire, the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great, and many other significant archaeological evidences that bear out the historical accuracy of the Bible.