The Ancient History of Palestine between European Archaeology and the Bible: A Critical Study

Abstract. Ancient History is one of the most important period which in many time has strongconnections with the present. Such connections could be political, economic, or religious. However,the ancient history of Palestine is the only history in which these connections are very clear. This isbecause European Archaeology played an important role in studying this history and modeling it in acertain way. The problem with this modeling is that it has many mistakes in its basis. In this paper,we shall speak about the beginning of European Archaeology and highlighting its main philosophies.Then, we will treat its first contact with Palestine which the European imperial discourse calls it "theDiscovery of Palestine". After that, we will highlight the main shortcomings in its treatments of theancient History of Palestine. The conclusion will be drawn after that.