Archaeologist says he found oldest Hebrew writing
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 17:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical accounts of the ancient Israelite kingdom of David could have been based on written texts.
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