Archaeology news: According to the Bible, David killed the giant Goliath (Image: GETTY)
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The archaeological site, which sits near Israel s border with Lebanon, was an Iron Age settlement built about 4500 BC and abandoned in 733 BC.
It was at Tel-Dan that researchers found a nearly 3,000-year-old inscription on the so-called Tel Dan Stele - stone slab - mentioning the fabled House of David.
Professor Meyer told Express.co.uk: Up until 1993 to 1994 not one shred of archaeological evidence existed outside the pages of the Bible that mentioned the name of one of the most central figures of the Old Testament: King David.
on our journey through the lands of the bible we found ourselves lingering in the old city of jerusalem here in this place that is so sacred to jews, christians, and muslims. it is easy to imagine your way back to around 970 b.c., when the bible says the famous king solomon reigned. solomon became in a sense the very ideal of the oriental emperor as the sort of magnificent king. under david and solomon the israelites were able to amalgamate into a pretty powerful kingdom. solomon seemed determined not to repeat the mistakes of his father, king david, and his brothers, whose lust and pride wreaked havoc on their kingdom. solomon becomes the greatest king because he s of the davidic dynasty and yet he has none of the faults, none of the sins of david. solomon is known as the man of peace. reporter: and a man of wisdom.
powerful kingdom. solomon seemed determined not to repeat the mistakes of his father, king david, and his brothers, whose lust and pride wreaked havoc on their kingdom. solomon becomes the greatest king because he s of the davidic dynasty and yet he has none of the faults, none of the sins of david. solomon is known as the man of peace. reporter: and a man of wisdom. instead of killing his enemies, solomon, we re told, married many of them, including a pharaoh s daughter. in other instances he disarmed them with his wit and his wisdom. like the famously beautiful ethiopian queen of sheba. the queen of sheba went to see the prophet solomon. reporter: in the bible the queen of sheba is drawn to jerusalem for an audience with solomon after hearing of his great wisdom. he treated her as an equal and as an equal politician. he was not surprised by the fact that she was a queen and she rules a nation.