Ancient City Discovered Beneath Biblical-Era Ruins in Israel
Nov 18, 2013 13:03:50 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 13:03:50 GMT -6
The ancient city of Gezer has been an important site since the Bronze Age, because it sat along the Way of the Sea, or the Via Maris, an ancient trade route that connected Egypt, Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia. The city was ruled over many centuries by Canaanites, Egyptians and Assyrians, and Biblical accounts from roughly the 10th century describe an Egyptian pharaoh giving the city to King Solomon as a wedding gift after marrying his daughter. .... The site has been excavated for a century, and most of the excavations so far date to the the 10th through eighth centuries...
www.livescience.com/41143-city-found-under-canaanite-city.html
