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Archaeologist believes to have found oldest Hebrew inscription

(30 Oct 2008) Jerusalem - 26 October 2008 1. Yossi Garfinkel, an archaeologist at the Hebrew University taking seat and taking ceramic shard out of box 2. Garfinkel showing the ceramic shard 3. Close up of inscription, UPSOUND (Hebrew) Garfinkel explaining about the ancient Hebrew letters 4. Close of ceramic shard 5. More of inscription 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yossi Garfinkel, archaeologist at Hebrew University: "This is the oldest Hebrew inscription ever found. It is 3000 years old, from the time of King David. It was found in archaeological excavations this summer at Hirbet Qeiyafa. We don't know yet what is written here because we are still working on it, but we can see very clear letters like "Alef" and "Bet" and "Tet" an other Hebrew letters and we can read here several words like 'judge', like 'king', and like 'eved'- 'slave." Hirbet Qeiyafa, central Israel - 23 October 2008 7. Pan right of Hirbet Qeiyafa archaeological site 8. Various of site 9. Yossi Garfinkel bending down looking at findings 10. Garfinkel standing near the excavation 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yossi Garfinkel, archaeologist at Hebrew University: "It is not according to the archaeological findings itself. We did not find any inscription saying: 'I am King David, I built this city'. Maybe one day we will find it. Now the dating is purely scientific. It is not the bible and not archaeology. It's physics. It is according to olive pits which we found here in the destruction lay of the site and they are from the time of King David. Not earlier and not later." 12. Garfinkel walking along the wall 13. Rabbi Barnea Levi Selavan reading from bible 14. Close of of bible and UPSOUND: (English) Rabbi Barnea Levi Selavan director of Foundation Stone reading from bible: "And Shaul and the man of Israel gathered and they camped in the valley of Elah and they arranged for war to face the Philistines." 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabbi Barnea Levi Selavan, Director of Foundation Stone: "When I stand here in this site and I see the hills and valleys and I am looking to the sea, and I have a line of hills protecting me, and I see this massive fortifications, in one moment I grasp I am in the biblical scene of Philistia against Judah, and this is the front line." 16. Pan right on view over looking Elah Valley STORYLINE: An Israeli archaeologist digging at a hilltop south of Jerusalem believes a ceramic shard found in the ruins of an ancient town bears the oldest Hebrew inscription ever discovered. The site overlooks the Elah Valley, said to be the scene of the slingshot showdown between David and the Philistine giant Goliath, and lies near the ruins of Goliath's hometown in the Philistine metropolis of Gath. It is a find that could provide an important glimpse into the culture and language of the Holy Land at the time of the Bible. The five lines of faded characters written 3,000 years ago, and the ruins of the fortified settlement where they were found, are indications that a powerful Israelite kingdom existed at the time of the Old Testament's King David, says Yossi Garfinkel, the Hebrew University archaeologist in charge of the new dig at Hirbet Qeiyafa. Other scholars however are hesitant to embrace Garfinkel's interpretation of the finds, which were made public on Thursday. The discoveries are already being wielded in a vigorous and ongoing argument over whether the Bible's account of events and geography is meant to be taken literally. A teenage volunteer found the curved pottery shard, 15 centimetres by 15 centimetres, in July near the stairs and stone washtub of an excavated home. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...