Posted by Darrell J. Rohl on October 31st, 2008

Overlooking the verdant Valley of Elah, where the Bible says David toppled Goliath, archaeologists are unearthing a 3,000-year-old fortified city that could reshape views of the period when David ruled over the Israelites.

The site is Khirbet Qeiyafa, a five-acre site…

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Posted by Darrell J. Rohl on October 14th, 2008

I am, on occasion, prone to ego-surfing (entering my own name into Google or some other search engine to see what comes up). This last weekend, I was doing just this, when I discovered a publication on Google Books. This…

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Posted by Darrell J. Rohl on September 11th, 2008

As the temperature soared past 90, eager young hands dug into the hot sand, seeking beads, pottery shards, pieces of oil lamps, and other windows into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago.

This…

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