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December 2 - Archaeologists uncover King Hezekiah sealArticle: Biblical Archeology
Archaeologists
discovered
the
impression
of a
seal
that
bears
the
name
of
King
Hezekiah
and
was
found
during
recent
excavations
by
Jerusalem.
“[It's]
the
closest
as
ever
that
we
can
get
to
something
that
was
most
likely
held
by
King
Hezekiah
himself,”
said
Eilat
Mazar,
the
leader
of
the
excavation
project,
during
a
press
conference
at
Mount
Scopus
campus,
the
Times
of
Israel
reported.
“[The
find]
strengthens
what
we
know
already
from
the
Bible
about
[Hezekiah].”
The stamp seal impression, or bulla, was one of dozens discovered in the last few years at a building in the Ophel, a section of Jerusalem by the Temple Mount that was used for royalty. The seal bears this inscription: “Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz, king of Judah.” Excavators originally discovered the seal in 2009, but overlooked its significance. Hebrew University archaeologist Reut Ben Arieh actually deciphered the inscription just this year, and uncovered its true value.
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