Scholar's Corner: A Message From King David's Time

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KHIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel -- A 17-year old volunteer found a broken piece of pottery in 2008 at an archeological dig in Israel. He put it in a black plastic bucket and went on with his work, unaware he had just found something that would send shockwaves throughout the scholarly community. It was five hours before a supervisor saw there was writing on the shard -- a discovery of what some experts say might be the oldest known example of Hebrew writing.

The pottery shard, called an "ostracon" because it was written on, was found at Khirbet Qeiyafa in Israel. The site overlooks the Valley of Elah and may be near the camp where Saul sent David down to confront the giant Goliath of Gath.

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