Two publications have printed articles about the discovery of Nehemiah’s wall in Jerusalem since theTrumpet.com first reported the news three weeks ago. On November 11, in an article titled, “Archaeologist uncovers Scriptures’ famed wall,” WorldNetDaily quoted and linked to theTrumpet.com:

According to an account of the conference in the Trumpet, Mazar said, “Under the tower, we found the bones of two large dogs—and under those bones a rich assemblage of pottery and finds from the Persian period. No later finds from that period were found under the tower.”

In yesterday’s Jerusalem Post, Etgar Lefkovits does an excellent job of explaining how the discovery of Nehemiah’s wall strengthens earlier claims of Eilat Mazar about the location of King David’s palace. Lefkovits writes,

The remnants of a wall from the time of the Prophet Nehemiah have been uncovered in an archaeological excavation in Jerusalem’s ancient City of David, strengthening recent claims that King David’s palace has been found at the site, an Israeli archaeologist said Wednesday.The section of the 2,500-year-old Nehemiah wall, located just outside the Dung Gate and the Old City walls facing the Mount of Olives, was dated by pottery found during a recent dig at the site, said Hebrew University archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar.The archaeologist, who rose to international prominence for her recent excavation that may have uncovered the biblical palace of King David, was able to date the wall to Nehemiah as a result of a dig carried out underneath a nearby tower, which has been previously dated to the Hasmonean period (142-37 bce), but which now emerges was built centuries earlier. …”This find opens a new chapter in the history of Jerusalem,” Mazar said. “Until now, we have never had such an archaeological wealth of finds from Nehemiah’s period.” …The tower at the site lies on the back of the walls of the palace that Mazar uncovered at the site two years ago, indicating that the palace must have been built first and strengthening the claim that the site was indeed King David’s palace, she said.