ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER ANCIENT CITY OF GATH, HOME TO GOLIATH THE GIANT

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Archaeologists in a Palestinian city in Israel have uncovered the ruins of a city that was once home to Goliath the giant. The archaeologists have unearthed a huge gate and a fortified wall in the modern-day city of Tell es-Safi. They believe the gate and wall to be part of "the lower city of Gath," a Philistine metropolis of the ancient world, according to Christian Today.

The Philistine city is described in the Bible as being the home of Goliath, the giant who threatened the nation of Israel and was felled by a stone from future king of Israel, David's sling.
Professor Aren Maeir, an archaeologist from Bar-Ilan University in Israel who is the leader of the excavation, stated that "We still have to do a lot of cleaning, defining, digging and measuring to do, but it appears that there are really good chances we have truly landed on quite an astounding find."

The archaeologists uncovered the city of Gath's wall and massive gate while they were digging trenches to unearth the city's fortifications.

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City of Gath, Home to Goliath the Giant - Christian News Headlines
 
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breno785au said:
This is cool. But why, why is there no pictures?
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Seems to me there was another thread on here recently that detailed the unearthing of the city gates, but I didn't bother to go find it just now. This picture ...



... accompanied the OP in that story, I think. I got that from this article, which is probably the other thread's source. There are other pictures there, too.
 
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It would be interesting if Goliaths house was found, or very large tableware. Does anyone know whether the Philistines had writing? I suspect it might be on the internet somewhere if not. The information that is not the writing though sometimes I wonder.
 
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tanach said:
It would be interesting if Goliaths house was found, or very large tableware. Does anyone know whether the Philistines had writing? I suspect it might be on the internet somewhere if not. The information that is not the writing though sometimes I wonder.
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Hahaha, that's cute, or maybe some really big forks and knives!
 
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