Earliest known Hebrew text in Proto-Canaanite script discovered in area where David slew Goliath

Monday, November 3, 2008 - 10:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The earliest known Hebrew text written in a Proto-Canaanite script has been discovered by Hebrew University archaeologists in an ancient city in the area where David slew Goliath - the earliest Judean city found to date. The 3,000 year old finding is thought to be the most significant archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls - predating them by 1,000 years.

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