#tel dan stele

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Most people recognize the significance of the Tel Dan Stele, which mentions "the house of David".

But do you know it was discovered almost by accident?

Here's the story:

Tel Dan, in northern Israel, was being excavated in 1993 by archaeologist Avraham Biran's team. 

One day, as they were packing up their gear, Gila Kook, the team's measurer, noticed the sun hitting a stone embedded in the floor near a wall.

She observed something that initially might have looked like letters; she moved closer and realized she wasn't imagining it - those were indeed letters.

She quickly called her team, and they carefully excavated the first of three fragments that would make up the Tel Dan Stele.

Pretty amazing!

Daniel | דניאל 𓉱

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On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly passed the resolution to partition Palestine, and Eleazar Lipa Sukenik met with an antiquities dealer from Bethlehem and bought some rolled-up parchments and two clay pots that had been brought to the merchant by Bedouins. That night, as crowds gathered to celebrate the UN resolution, the professor opened the packages and began to read the ancient writing for the first time in 2,000 years.

Lipa Sukenik is the founding father of Israeli archaeology and the story of how he opened the scroll on the 29th of November has become its creation story. His son was the general Yigal Yadin, who turned archaeology into a national hobby – some would say obsession.

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This 3,000 year old Tel Dan Stele found in northern Israel references the House of David. 

But “Palestinians” who literally invented an identity and a flag in 1960s and even stole the name “Palestine” which has nothing to do with them, call this land “occupied”.

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Tel Dan Stele

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The “House of David”: Historical or Embellished History?

The “House of David”: Historical or Embellished History?

EDWARD D. ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. He has authored over 100 books. Andrews is the Chief Translator of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV).

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