Ceramic evidence indicates occupation of the City of David, within present - day Jerusalem, as far back as the
Copper Age (c. 4th millennium BCE) with evidence of a permanent settlement during the early Bronze
Age (c. 3000 — 2800 BCE) The Execration Texts, which refer to a city called Roshlamem or Rosh - ramen] and the Amarna letters (c. 14th century BCE) may be the earliest mention of the city Some archaeologists, including Kathleen Kenyon, believe Jerusalem] as a city was founded by Northwest Semitic
people with organized settlements from around 2600 BCE.