Looking out the western gate towards Philistia and the coast, with Tel Azekah in the foreground..
View to the west, with the Elah Valley to the left of the picture.
Southern gate area.
Your gateway to Torah & Archaeology
Surveys and excavations by archaeologists and scientists including Yehuda Dagan, Saar Ganor, Yossi Garfinkel, Harry Joel, Michael Hasel and more…
Perhaps the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found (2008). Join us as we visit four labs in the US to see if technology can reveal missing letters.
In 2008 a second gate was identified at Khirbet Qeiyafa. In 2017 BAR Magazine published an article that changed the historical record. The late Herschel Shanks (obm) agreed to set the record right… but never did.
The claims about the "shrine boxes" are sensational. But sensationalism is frequently poor science. What we know - and what we don't know about this unique site that affords a clear peak into the 10th century.
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