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April 29, 2019

Carbon Dating May Confirm the Biblical Account of an Ancient Fortress

Did King Solomon’s son build Lachish?

Mentioned repeatedly in the Bible, as well as in other ancient texts, the fortress city of Lachish was one of the most important locales in biblical Israel. Archaeologists have been exploring its ruins since the 1930s, but have only recently discovered a fortified wall that has been dated to the 10th century BCE. The Times of Israel reports:

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