Kuntillet Ajrud: The Ancient Fortress that Puzzles Archaeologists
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Kuntillet%20Ajrud%20inscriptions%20top.jpg?itok=a5nHOJJg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Kuntillet%20Ajrud%20inscriptions%20top.jpg?itok=a5nHOJJg" width="610" height="348" alt="Kuntilleet Ajrud inscriptions " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>In the Sinah desert stands Kuntillet Ajrud, a remote settlement that was found in 1975 by the archaeologist Ze’ev Meshel of the University of Tel Aviv. The settlement is dated to the 8th? century BC and is suggested to be one of the border fortresses built by King Solomon. The name of the fortress in Arabic,? <a href="http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-fortresses-kuntillet-ajrud.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">means[/url]? ‘Hill of the Water-Source’.</p>
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