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drora
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# Posted: 2 Apr 08 15:39
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The tel (mound) of the Biblical city of Gezer is located on the western slopes of the Judean Hills, midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The 1971 Excavation of King Solomon's Gate
was the first archaeological proof of a biblical passage in history...
It proved the existence of the real King Solomon.
Until the summer of 1971 archaeology had failed to conclusively prove the historical basis of the Bible. The walls of Jericho had fallen from grace, the dream of Biblical Archaeologist William Foxwell Albright was still just a theory. That summer Yigael Yadin would complete the first proof of a Biblical Passage by finding the city gate of Gezer which King Solomon built circa 960 BC, and the Bible described in 1 Kings 9:15
"Now this is the way King Solomon conscripted the Labor Corps to build the house of the Lord, his house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer"
The Holy Bible 1 Kings 9:15
The Solomonic Gate at Gezer was the third Solomonic Gate discovered. Combined with the discoveries of the Solomonic Gates at Megiddo in the 1930's and Hazor in the 1950's, the Gezer Gate completed the first proof of a biblical passage in history with rocks on the ground. It was the long sought after historical nexus where scientific theory finally validated Biblical History.
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Martin de Rijk
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# Posted: 2 Apr 08 16:53
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Thanks for the information Drora. Although, like other historic places, there isn't much left, these findings are of enormous historic value. It somehow always trills me to visit those places and then trying to get a feeling of the past. Post like yours help to make a place like this coming alive.
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trudy tuinstra
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# Posted: 2 Apr 08 17:41
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Thank you Drora for the explanation, i appreciate it very much. There are so many storys told me as a child and still now in church, i tell them by myself at the children, who are placed in your country. I like to see pictures of it. That things can be so old and stay in the memory of mankind, it is great.
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Dieuwertje
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# Posted: 2 Apr 08 17:50
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Very nice story Drora, I like this stories very much, because I heard them all my life and when they find such old ruins it make it more real real for me.
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aiso
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# Posted: 2 Apr 08 18:37
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thanks Drora,
I agree with the others, most of us knows the stories and now it becomes real...
Thank you,
aiso.
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drora
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# Posted: 9 Apr 08 13:02
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solomon gate.
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