King David's coffee mug...

... was recently found at the Elah Fortress in Khirbet Qeiyafa, an archaeological site in Israel some 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem.

Okay, so it's probably not David's coffee mug. But it is the oldest Hebrew text ever discovered, and carbon dating puts it during or near the reign of Israel's greatest king. (You can read a CNN article here.) The 5 lines of text have not been deciphered yet, but archaeologists think they may contain the words "slave," "judge," and "king," indicating that it may be some kind of legal document.

I love stuff like this. And the best part? The Elah Fortress site is only 4% excavated. Who knows what else they'll find?