Showing posts with label GOLIATH'S SKULL FOUND. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 11, 2017

GOLIATH'S SKULL FOUND

 
Here is a story of the discovery of Goliath’s skull in a valley at the western part of Jerusalem, the Israeli capital with the stone (from David’s sling) still stuck on the forehead. Hope you all remember the story of the CHALLENGE BOUT between David and Goliath in the Bible? Sure you all do Smiley
This startling discovery was made sometime ago by a leading archaeologist, Dr Richard Martin who says it proves that David’s battle with the 10-foot giant really happened just like the Bible said it did. He labelled it the “archeological finding of the century, if not of all time”.Back then, at a news conference in Jerusalem, he had told reporters: “Many people including scholars and clergymen would have us believe that the biblical account of David and Goliath is little more than an interesting piece of fiction. “But we found this skull in the valley of Elah, in the foothill of the Judean Mountains, where David’s battle with Goliath was said to have taken place. Even more intriguing, the skull is huge and clearly belonged to a man of enormous stature. And if you believe the Bible, you know that Goliath stood nine-feet shoulders tall. “But most telling piece of evidence is the small round rock we found embedded in the forehead. The Bible tells us that David killed Goliath with a stone flung from a leather sling. It might be - but I don’t think so.”Martin found the skull during a routine archaelogical survey about 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem. He and his assistants instantly realized that the find was important. It was not until they performed tests that showed the skull to be between 2,900 and 3,000 years old that they had actually found the remains of Goliath.