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October 20, 2015

What a Stone Seal from the Temple Mount Tells Us about the Time of David and Solomon

It was discovered by a ten-year-old boy.

The Temple Mount Sifting Project, directed by two experts on the history of ancient Israel, has allowed thousands of volunteers to comb through rubble from the site to look for artifacts. Recently, a ten-year-old participant discovered a stone seal that archaeologists date to the presumed time of Kings David and Solomon. Henry Curtis Pelgrift writes:

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