Sculpted head of mystery biblical king unearthed

An eye-catching sculpture of a biblical king’s head dating back nearly 3,000 years has set off a modern-day Sherlock Holmes’s mystery as scholars try to figure out the real person behind it. Archaeologists unearthed the 2-inch (5-centimeter) rare figurine, from the 9th century B.C at a site called Abel Beth Maacah, located just south of Israel’s border with Lebanon, near the modern-day town of Metula. Scholars say the stern bearded figure with a golden crown represents royalty. But it is yet to be known which king it actually symbolizes. Exquisitely preserved, the figurative art is nothing like what has been discovered before.