The discovery was made at Khirbet Qeiyafa near
Beit Shemesh southwest of Jerusalem, said Professor Yossi Garfinkel of
the Hebrew University and Saar Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority
on Thursday. Over the past year, the researchers uncovered the two
buildings at the site, which is believed by some to be the fortified
Judean city of Shaarayim. According to the biblical record, after David
smote Goliath, the Philistines were slaughtered on the road to Shaarayim
as they fled. Shaarayim means “two gates,” and Khirbet Qeiyafa has two
gates in its walls.
The two archaeologists identified one building
as David’s palace and the other as a massive royal storeroom. The
excavation of the site as a whole has stretched on for seven years.
When David would visit this important regional
center, “he definitely didn’t live in a simple home,” Ganor told The
Times of Israel. More>>>>>>>>
The discovery was made at Khirbet Qeiyafa near
Beit Shemesh southwest of Jerusalem, said Professor Yossi Garfinkel of
the Hebrew University and Saar Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority
on Thursday. Over the past year, the researchers uncovered the two
buildings at the site, which is believed by some to be the fortified
Judean city of Shaarayim. According to the biblical record, after David
smote Goliath, the Philistines were slaughtered on the road to Shaarayim
as they fled. Shaarayim means “two gates,” and Khirbet Qeiyafa has two
gates in its walls.
The two archaeologists identified one building
as David’s palace and the other as a massive royal storeroom. The
excavation of the site as a whole has stretched on for seven years.
When David would visit this important regional
center, “he definitely didn’t live in a simple home,” Ganor told The
Times of Israel. More>>>>>>>>
