A RARE 2,600 year-old clay seal linked to a Biblical scroll that threatened to curse people with hunger and devastation has been uncovered by stunned archaeologists.

The exceptionally well-preserved artefact bears a Hebrew inscription and even a visible fingerprint that could belong to the owner

It reads “Belonging to Yeda’yah (son of) Asayahu” who is thought to have been a trusted royal official at the time.

If true, this links Asayahu to a dramatic moment in the biblical account of King Josiah of Judah, who reigned over Jerusalem for 31 years.

According to the Hebrew Bible, a scroll dubbed the “Book of the Law” was rediscovered during King Josiah’s time which…

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