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Towering at over 16 feet tall and weighing in at more than 12,000 pounds, Michelangelo’s marble David is colossal yet still the eternal underdog. Ready to strike a Goliath somewhere off in the ...

What we know about the life of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales and one of the early saints who helped to spread Christianity among the pagan Celtic tribes of Western Britain. Saint David, or ...

Jerusalem, in the tenth century B.C., is an inhospitable place for farmers but a strategic location for men on the run. Human settlement in the Judean highlands is sparse: five thousand people, spread ...

Few statues are as enduring and iconic as Michelangelo's David (which found itself in the news in 2023 when a Florida school principal was asked to resign after the statue was shown to sixth grade ...

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. King David was not ...

“House of David” tells the coming-of-age story of the Biblical hero, who took down the giant Goliath with a simple slingshot and later became King of Israel. Newcomer Michael Iskander stars in the new ...

Camp David has been a destination for presidential rest and relaxation since it opened. The camp has also been the site of meetings and summits with various world leaders over the years. Camp David ...

A man-about-town philanthropist, he and his brother Charles ran a business colossus while furthering a libertarian agenda that reshaped American politics. By Robert D. McFadden David H. Koch, an ...