"We live by faith and not by sight." This is what Christians live by. They believe that everything that has happened in the Bible is the truth even without sufficient evidence to prove that it has existed in the world once upon a time. But sometimes we cannot help but to be the doubting Thomas, "To see is to believe." Some of the Bible stories defy physics and natural law making all the more harder to believe.
While there were some artifacts that has been found by archaeologists which was significant in the Bible, nothing will be more convincing if its the Noah's Ark or Jesus Tomb that they will find. Unfortunately, they have no leads to these things.
But recently, what archaeologists found in Gezer, Israel is rather interesting. They claimed to have found the temple of the infamous King, Solomon. The palace is so grand that it can only of ownership of the most powerful and wisest King in Israel. Although they weren't able to find an evidence directly connecting Solomon to the palace, they have found out Philistine pottery which they believed as what was left when Philistines lived in the Palace before they were ousted by Solomon.
Archaeologists also believes that this is not Solomon's main palace. In the Bible, Solomon owned many palace for being the richest King of Israel during that time. He also had many wives and concubines. Bible scholars theorized that this Gezer palace was a gift from the Pharaoh of Egypt. Its destruction were also correlated with the Shishak invasion back in 925 BCE which was also in the Bible.
What do you think?
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