Is Israel Covering Up a Major Biblical Archeology Find?

It seems that for the sake of the so-called “peace process,” the government of Israel is acting to suppress evidence that clearly attests to a historical Jewish presence in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria.  (Israel Today)

Benjamin Troper, the training coordinator of the Kfar Etzion Field School in the Etzion Bloc of Jewish settlements, discovered the capital (top section) of an ancient pillar while aiding a tourist who was climbing through a cave in the Judean Hills.


Avshalom Cave in the Judean Hills

The pillar and attached capital are said by local archaeologists to have clearly formed part of a royal structure dating back to the times of the Judean kings and possibly even King David himself. The intact appearance of the find suggests the presence of the yet to be discovered remains of an ancient palace at the same site.

“We appear to have a complete castle here.  Those who lived here after it did not know of its existence and thus, instead of using its stones to build a new building as was the usual practice, left it intact,” Kfar Etzion Field School Director Yaron Rosenthal said.  (Makor Rishon)


The Israeli West Bank barrier was built to protect Israelis from Palestinian terrorism.

A cave in Beit Govrin National Park in the Judean plain: one of the many caves in this area, which were dug for workshops, hiding places, burial grounds, raising doves, etc. They are extremely complex structures.

Troper was expecting commendation for his discovery. Any find of this sort supports the claim of archaeologists who believe in the existence of the Judaic dynasty against those that do not.

Rosenthal, who obviously believes, was eager to report his find to Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA), who told him, “Yaron, please, you found it, but we know about it.  Now forget the whole thing and keep your mouth shut.”  (Jewish Press)

Rosenthal later discovered that the IAA had known of the find for the last year and a half but had done nothing about it.

He was upset that no steps had been taken to cordon it off to protect it from damage or to explore the site itself. Makor Rishon reports that although the IAA was aware of the site, they have allowed the security fence dividing Israel and Judea and Samaria to be constructed within a hundred yards, in effect placing it in Palestinian hands with the formation of any state.

According to the paper, Antiquities’ Director-General Shuka Dorfman and former chief of the central front General Avi Mizrahi were called to examine the site at the time of its discovery and decided to keep it quiet.

One can only imagine how the Palestinians might treat any evidence of a historic Jewish presence that would prove beyond doubt the existence of a Jewish empire, the same empire that they say never existed.  (Jewish Press)

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Avshalom Cave in the Judean Hills


The Israeli West Bank barrier was built to protect Israelis from Palestinian terrorism.

A cave in Beit Govrin National Park in the Judean plain: one of the many caves in this area, which were dug for workshops, hiding places, burial grounds, raising doves, etc. They are extremely complex structures.