Palace of King David

Area G – City of David, Jerusalem – Palace of King David

Area G is the name that archaeologists gave to what they called Royal Quarter of King David’s Capital – King David’s Palace. Area G in the City of David contained some of the most important finds dating to the Iron Age I-II that were ever discovered.

Among the most famous finds along side the retaining wall of King David’s Palace are:

• Achiel’s House – stone stepped home of First Temple period aristocrat destroyed in in 586 BCE
• First Temple Period four-room residences in Area G
• Gassive fortifications
• Government ‘administrative center’
• Judaean and Babylonian arrow heads
• 51 royal seals andSeal impressions inscribed in ancient Hebrew
• The seal of Gemaryahu Ben Shafan – the Prophet Jeremiah’s scribe in the ‘House of the Bullae’
• The Burnt Room with arrow heads – evidence of the destruction in 586 BCE by the Babylonians
• First Temple toilet

King David’s Palace Brings Biblical Account to Life

See also:

City of David

City of David

City of David