A 3,000-year-old defensive wall might be
unprecedented archaeological support for a Bible passage on King
Solomon.
A 3,000-year-old defensive wall possibly
built by King Solomon has been unearthed in Jerusalem,
according to the Israeli
archaeologist who led the excavation. The discovery appears to validate
a Bible passage, she says.
The
tenth-century B.C. wall is 230 feet (70 meters) long and about 6 meters
(20 feet) tall. It stands along what was then the edge of
Jerusalem—between the Temple Mount, still Jerusalem's paramount
landmark, and the ancient City of David, today a modern-day Arab
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