[ckilmer]

I really like this stuff.

As far as I can tell the David/Solomon reign in Israel forms a kind of boundary line in the record. Going forward in the first millinium BC archaelogy has done a good job of verifying the basic biblical story.

But before the David/Solomon reign things get spotty. It looks like the pace of excavation is picking up. Also the quality of the archealogical tools is improving. I have heard there are a lot of libraries that have not been translated from kingdoms contemporary to Israel of the 2 millenium BC. But I don't know if more translators are coming into the field.

[Destro]

Archeologists have found no evidence of the existance of a King named Solomon or David.

Just like the excavations at Troy have not uncovered anyone named Paris or Helen.