Talk:City of David (archaeological site)
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1 Kings 11:27
In July 2024, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University announced the discovery of a moat that a moat that split the City of David in half, separating the palace and Temple Mount from the rest of the city. It was at least nine meters deep and 30 meters wide, and extended across at least 70 meters, from west to east. (source: Times of Israel) 87.0.123.54 (talk) 12:21, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Country ambiguation, citations
"The City of David is one of the most excavated archaeological sites in the country and one of the first to be excavated." Citations needed for both of these claims, as well as the ambiguity of the use of 'country' ie State of Palestine is the country. Postmethod (talk) 06:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
new book
this needs a reference to the new New York Times bestselling book WHEN THE STONES SPEAK which is about the City of David and has gotten a lot of attention in the US and Israel https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/doron-spielman/let-the-stones-speak/9781546009252/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.174.241 (talk) 16:11, 3 July 2025 (UTC)
Natural shaft (Warren's)
I have removed this passage:
- "R. Reich and E. Shukron have disproved Warren's theory that King David (c. 1000 BCE) captured Jerusalem by entering into the city through the shaft now known as Warren's Shaft, and have concluded that the shaft was largely in disuse at that time,{{dubious|From all I know, the natural karstic vertical shaft was not open at the top end until centuries later, when the bottom of the access tunnel was lowered and the vertical shaft was discovered. So not due to disuse, but of massive, solid rock standing in the way.|date=June 2022}} although it was within the city and the city was, indeed, encompassed by a monumental wall which they had excavated.{{sfn|Galor|2017|p=124}}{{sfn|Reich|Shukron|1999|pp=26-33}}{{sfn|Reich|2011|p=152-158}}{{sfn|Galor|2017b|p=206}}"
There is one editor who misunderstands this set of refs, but likes using them - I didn't check if it was him again, nor who he is (not intetested), but it might again be the case here.
In the time of the Canaanites, the karstic shaft had no opening at the top, period; this opening was only created centuries later, when a thick layer of rock was removed in order to lower the access tunnel, who knows why. It was only then that the vertical shaft was discovered. So legendary David could never have entered through that shaft, solid rock was in the way. This had nothing whatsoever to do with the use or disuse of the city or water system at that time.
Smb with better nerves may want to check what those sources are actually saying. Arminden (talk) 19:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Canaanite?
Regarding a recent reversion made to this article by User:ADeeperUnderstanding, see discussion at Talk:Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu seal#Language. Please comment there if any objections to a link being made in this and related articles to the article Canaanite and Aramaic seal inscriptions. Onceinawhile (talk) 07:57, 21 February 2026 (UTC)