What's New in History - The Most Important Find in Israel is Just a Lousy Comb?

In our latest episode of “What’s New In History”, Bernie tells of a recent discovery in Israel of a 3700 year old comb. But it’s more than meets the eye after a second look. The lead archeologist, Yosef Garfinkel, said “I really think this is the most important object ever found in my excavations.” That’s a pretty bold statement…is it the comb of King David or maybe Abraham? Listen to find out the whole surprising story!Link to AP Article:https://apnews.com/article/science-health-middle-east-jerusalem-israel-e5c30f07e0c8ffe041cd6bd2d44c1d80Evolution of the Alphabet – see how the ancient letters became the letters we use today:https://youtu.be/3kGuN8WIGNcIf you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistoryContact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistoryE-mail: [email protected]://twitter.com/danhorninghttps://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Support the show and listen ad-free to all of the episodes, including episode 1-87. Click here: https://plus.acast.com/s/history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.