David and Solomon’s Invisible Kingdom | An Interview with Archaeologist Erez Ben Yosef

Was ancient Israel’s United Monarchy a semi-nomadic kingdom that is now largely invisible to modern archaeology? Some archaeologists think so. To better understand this theory, BAR Assistant Editor Nathan Steinmeyer visited the Timna excavations in southern Israel to talk with director Erez Ben-Yosef about his team’s recent studies on the kingdom of David and Solomon.