A pottery shard found in Israel probably does not refer to the biblical Goliath, but it does lend credence to the story surrounding him, surmises Lawrence Mykytiuk, author of Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.

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A pottery shard found in Israel probably does not refer to the biblical Goliath, but it does lend credence to the story surrounding him, surmises Lawrence Mykytiuk, author of Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C. The shard dates to 950 B.C., making it the oldest Philistine inscription yet found. That is roughly 70 years after Goliath reportedly was killed by the Hebrew shepherd boy with a...