Yehuda Kaplan, the curator of the Bible Lands Museum, explained to Arutz Sheva the significance of an ancient city which was unearthed in the Elah Valley near Beit Shemesh.  The city is over 3,000 years old, and is one of … Continue reading →

Israeli archaeologists have discovered three 3000-year-old buildings in Judea that include one which King David himself may have used. The palace, near Beit Shemesh, is known by local Bedouin Arabs as Khirbet Daoud, or David’s ruin. The area will now … Continue reading →

I reported previously (see here) on excavations that have revealed a 3000-year-old Biblical city from King David’s Kingdom, near the modern Israeli city of Beit Shemesh.  This article gives more details of the discoveries and how the site will be … Continue reading →

During an excavation in Khirbet Qeiyafa near Beit Shemesh, Hebrew University Professor Yosef Garfinkel uncovered the Biblical city Sha’arayim. Using carbon dating, he proved that the fortified city (in books of Joshua and Samuel) was part of King David’s Kingdom … Continue reading →