Ancient Wall Found in Jerusalem

I must have missed this news item earlier. According to this report, an ancient wall was found in the City of David in Jerusalem. It may go back as far as Solomon's day.

I find it interesting that excavations of this sort often seem to challenge the perspective of the "Minimalist" school of thought, who maintain that the Old Testament is unreliable as a source of history. Many in this camp would question whether David and Solomon actually existed. Finds such as these suggest that the biblical record is more reliable than they maintain.

I was in this region of Jerusalem last summer, and it is a fascinating and vast excavation. I'll try to post my pictures of it sometime.