because the palestinians believe that they base seven keene david said this is so viciously debated among the are college used -- archaeologists. but what do we know essentially? we know that david did exist because of the inscription found in 1993 by a israelis referring to israel he was from the house of david. so, after his death, we know he was an interesting character but that is all we know. in archaeology, what you don't find is not held against dubai you simply use what you do find and understand archaeology is like shining a flashlight looking for a slight so in the city of david, zero cyrix that leaves the same but the way the huge but since it has survived into today camerino there was a large structure there and jerusalem was much smaller. and probably just a stronghold. david's kingdom was probably less formal more like a confederation of tribes. that does not mean it did not exist but it is interesting making them the we know existed 1,000 years later there is virtually no archaeological reference. only because david was such an obsession and a fascination, but we do know vi