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George Haddad reports on this new discovery in his article, \u201cPeriod Ivories Discovered in the City of David\u201d<\/a> (Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology<\/em>, 9-7-22). He writes:<\/p>\n

Around 1,500 rare and ornate decorated ivory fragments were discovered in the City of David archaeological site known as the Givati Parking Lot excavations, located just southeast of the Old City, in an excavation led by Prof. Yuval Gadot of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Authority. A press release regarding the discovery was released Monday.<\/p>\n

The delicate sherds, which had been crushed and burned, appear to have been originally housed in a monumental royal structure until the Babylonian destruction of 586\u00a0b.c.e.<\/span>\u00a0Experts carefully reassembled the fragments into 12 small square plates that would have decorated a lavish wooden throne or chair.<\/p>\n

Sourced from elephant tusks, ivory of this type was a luxury item that was used as an inlay for thrones and furniture. The material took great skill to work with, especially to achieve such intricate decorations as seen on these plates. Both Assyria\u2019s powerful capital, Nimrud, and the northern Israelite capital, Samaria, have had similar discoveries dating to the First Temple period. However, this is the first time this type of ivory\u2014one of the most expensive raw materials in the ancient world (even more so than gold!)\u2014has been found in Jerusalem, providing insight into the wealth and status of the city. . . .<\/p>\n

Professor Gadot and Dr. Shalev explain: \u201cThe assemblage of ivory discovered in the City of David was probably imported, and originally made by artisans from Assyria. The ivories may have come to Jerusalem as a gift from Assyria to Jerusalem\u2019s nobility. Following a comparison with complete objects that appear on wall plaques from the palace of the Assyrian King Sennacherib at Nineveh, we suggest that the ivory plaques from Jerusalem were originally inlaid in a couch-throne, . . .\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is thought that references to the ivory throne of Solomon (10th c. BC) likely refer to the same sort of inlaid ivory that is seen in the \u201ccouch-thrones\u201d (see photo above):<\/p>\n

1 Kings 10:18<\/strong> (RSV) The king also made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with the finest gold. (cf. 2 Chr 9:17)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twelve references to ivory<\/a> occur in the Old Testament, including King Ahab\u2019s \u201civory house\u201d (1 Kgs 22:39), \u201chouses of ivory\u201d (Amos 3:15), ships bringing ivory to Israel, along with silver and gold (1 Kgs 10:22; 2 Chr 9:21), and \u201civory palaces\u201d (Ps 45:8). One passage states where it came from:<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 27:15<\/strong> The men of Rhodes traded with you; many coastlands were your own special markets, they brought you in payment ivory\u00a0tusks and ebony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rhodes<\/a> is an island of Greece, located south of western Turkey, in the Mediterranean Sea. I Kings 10:22 (cf. 2 Chr 9:21) refers to \u201cships of Tarshish\u201d bringing ivory, but scholars aren\u2019t certain what \u201cTarshish\u201d<\/a> referred to. The phrase itself is believed by some to signify a class<\/em> of ships: large vessels equipped for long-distance trade. The Bible states that King Solomon \u201chad a fleet\u201d of such ships, \u201cwith the fleet of Hiram\u201d (1 Kgs 10:22). Hiram<\/a> was the\u00a0Phoenician<\/a>\u00a0king of\u00a0Tyre<\/a>, whose reign was c. 980 to 947 BC.<\/p>\n

The maritime accomplishments of the Phoenicians in this period are well-known. Hiram is said to have sent to King David \u201ccedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house\u201d (2 Sam 5:11; cf. 1 Chr 14:1), and the Bible informs us that he \u201calways loved David\u201d and \u201csent his servants to Solomon\u201d (1 Kgs 5:1). Hiram is documented in the writings of Menander of Ephesus<\/a> (early 2nd c. BC): preserved in Josephus\u2019<\/a>\u00a0defense of Judaism, Against Apion<\/a><\/i>. Josephus wrote that he reigned for 34 years.<\/p>\n

Perhaps of most interest related to our topic, the Bible (in a passage about Tyre in Lebanon) refers to a \u201cdeck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory\u201d (Ezek 27:6), and to \u201cbeds of ivory,\u201d also called \u201ccouches\u201d (Amos 6:4). The prophet Amos was condemning what he thought was excessive luxury and materialism. We know that Amos was active around 750 BC and lived in the kingdom of Judah<\/a>\u00a0but preached in the northern\u00a0kingdom of Israel<\/a>, which by then had separated from Judah, and had all wicked kings (hence, Amos\u2019 denunciations). This was some 200 years after King Solomon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to understand the continuing skepticism of a fair number of scholars, who irrationally dismiss the biblical historical evidence. Wikipedia (\u201cTarshish\u201d<\/a>) noted that:<\/p>\n

the lack of evidence for wealth in Israel and Phoenicia during the reigns of\u00a0Solomon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hiram<\/a>, respectively, prompted a few scholars to opine that the archaeological period in Mediterranean prehistory between 1200 and 800\u00a0BC was a \u2018Dark Age\u2019.<\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The source cited for this opinion is \u201cMediterranean peoples in transition, thirteenth to early tenth centuries B.C.E. : International symposium, Jerusalem, April 3-7, 1995: abstracts,\u201d<\/a> published by the Philip & Muriel Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.<\/p>\n

I submit that this massive find of a vast collection of inlaid ivory, found right near the site of Solomon\u2019s Temple in Jerusalem, goes against such a skeptical theory of the lack of wealth in Jerusalem at that time. My recent paper about ancient imports of tin and lead<\/a> during the time of the judges (c. 1200-1050 BC: before<\/em> Saul, David, and Solomon) also supports such a view. Ivory was a great luxury in the ancient world, and very costly. Marga Patterson writes in her piece, \u201cA Luxurious Desire: Ancient Near Eastern Ivory Carvings\u201d<\/a> (Daily Art Magazine<\/em>, 10-154-22):<\/p>\n

Most of the ivory carvings discovered at ancient Assyrian sites were carved from elephant tusks sourced from Syrian elephants until the animal became extinct sometime between the 8th and 7th century BCE. Ivory was then imported from Egypt and other parts of Africa.<\/p>\n

In the ancient Near East, ivory carving was a valuable industry and it is likely that every major city center had ivory workshops, including those specializing in creating luxury items for royalty and the elite. Ivory is easy to carve, it\u2019s an organic material that endures time. Ivory carving traditions were found in the regions of the ancient Near East and each culture possessed its own distinctive styles and techniques. . . .<\/p>\n

In ancient Mesopotamia, ivory was associated with wealth, royalty, and luxury. A large majority of ivory carvings were small plaques that were used in elements of furniture decoration, . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article includes many wonderful photographs of ancient carved ivory.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: the Bible has been proven to be historically accurate for the 3,975,387th time<\/p>\n

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Further Related Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bible & Archaeology web page<\/a><\/p>\n

My book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible<\/em><\/a> (Catholic Answers Press, March 2023)<\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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