#35: Royal Solomonic Architecture

The Bible describes several peculiar architectural features of Solomon’s temple and palace complex. Remarkable parallels to these features were discovered on a 3,000-year-old strange stone model at Khirbet Qeiyafa. On today’s program, Let the Stones Speak host Christopher Eames interviews Dr. Madeleine Mumcuoglu, a lead researcher of the shrine model. They also discuss her discovery of the earliest alphabetical sentence ever found in Israel—the Lachish Comb Inscription.

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RELATED PUBLICATIONS:

Solomon’s Temple and Palace: New Archaeological Discoveries, by Yosef Garfinkel and Madeleine Mumcuoglu

Crossing the Threshold: Architecture, Iconography and the Sacred Entrance, by Madeleine Mumcuoglu and Yosef Garfinkel