(Bar-Ilan University/IMRA) Elana Oberlander - A small ceramic shard unearthed by Bar-Ilan University archaeologists digging at Tel es-Safi, the biblical city "Gath of the Philistines," may hold a clue into the history of the biblical figure Goliath. The shard, which contains the earliest known Philistine inscription, mentions two names that are remarkably similar to the name "Goliath."
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