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Who discovered the Merneptah Stele, which contains the earliest reference to “Israel”?

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Answer: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

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Footnotes

1. See Joseph A. Callaway, “Sir Flinders Petrie: Father of Palestinian Archaeology,” BAR, November/December 1980.

2. Thomas E. Levy, “From Camels to Computers: A Short History of Archaeological Method,” BAR, July/August 1995.