1. The Soleb Inscription: Earliest-Discovered Use of the Name ‘Yahweh’
  2. New Study of Roman Ballista Stones Confirms Josephus’s Account of the Siege of Jerusalem
  3. Think You Know Your Biblical Figures? The Hebrew Pronunciation of Their Names Might Surprise You
  4. An Ingenious Sluice Gate in Hezekiah’s Tunnel Revealed by New Research
  5. Ancient Hebrew ‘Curse Tablet’ Discovered at Joshua’s Altar on Mt. Ebal
  6. Clay Seals Give Clues to Wealth of Biblical Jerusalem
  7. Stamp of Rebellion: Rare Silver Jewish Revolt Coin Discovered (by an 11-Year-Old)
  8. New Study Reveals How Legendary Assyrian Siege Ramp Overcame Lachish
  9. Gideon the Judge—Found in Southern Israel?
  10. Gideon v. Midian: Evidence of the Biblical Account
  11. Answering Bible Critics
  12. INFOGRAPHIC: The Strata of Jerusalem’s History
  13. Discovered: Earliest Alphabetic Script in Israel
  14. Top Ten Discoveries Related to Jesus
  15. Top Ten Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology Relating to the Old Testament
  16. Top Ten Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology Relating to the New Testament
  17. The Monumental Four-Way Staircase of Herod the Great
  18. The Annals of Sargon: Evidence of Bible Error—or Insight?
  19. Can We Trust the Book of Daniel?
  20. Jonah’s Remarkably Accurate Account of Assyria
  21. The Three ‘David’ Inscriptions
  22. Assyrian Siege Ramp Uncovered at Tel Azekah
  23. The Universe
  24. Do You Understand English? Then You Can Read Ancient Hebrew
  25. Forensic Analysis Reveals Widespread Literacy in Ancient Judah
  26. Ornate First Temple Period Building Discovered at Jerusalem Promenade
  27. Stamped Into History: The Seals of the Prophet Jeremiah
  28. 120 Seals Discovered in Excavation of Hezekiah and Manasseh ‘Administration Center’
  29. Proto-Aeolic Capital Points to King David’s Palace
  30. Piecing Together the Dead Sea Scrolls with DNA Evidence
  31. ‘Invisible’ Script Discovered on Dead Sea Scroll Fragments
  32. Uncovering the Truth
  33. The Amariah Bulla: Evidence for the Prophet Zephaniah’s Ancestry?
  34. Baruch, Jeremiah’s Scribe: Proved?
  35. Archaeology Reveals Jerusalem’s Origins
  36. Top Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology 2019
  37. The Rabshakeh Stela
  38. DISCOVERED: Nehemiah’s Wall
  39. King David’s Palace: Earthshaking Proof of Israel’s Warrior King
  40. Jerusalem’s Temples: The Archaeological Evidence
  41. Moabite Altar Inscription: Earliest Reference to ‘Hebrews’?
  42. Archaeologists find evidence of Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem -- as told in the Bible
  43. Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Cities: Jericho
  44. Language: A ‘Cultural Universal’ in Archaeology and the Bible
  45. ‘We Have Found Biblical Ziklag’
  46. Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Civilizations: The Persians
  47. Nehemiah: A Man and a Momentous Wall
  48. Nebuchadnezzar’s Appointment of Zedekiah Confirmed in the Babylonian Chronicle
  49. Berlin Pedestal—Earliest Mention of ‘Israel’?
  50. ‘And the Sun Stood Still’
  51. The Oldest Writing in Jerusalem
  52. Inscriptions: The Biblical Figures That Nearly Were
  53. The Animals of the Bible
  54. Childbirth: Evolution, the Bible and Archaeology
  55. Nathan-Melech: Found!
  56. Ancient Greek Pottery
  57. The Biblical Prophets: Archaeological Evidence?
  58. Biblical Names Confirmed Through Archaeology
  59. Does the Serpentine Symbol of Healing Have a Biblical Origin?
  60. Jeremiah’s Captors Discovered
  61. A Trio of Biblical Prisms
  62. Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Cities: Lachish
  63. So Much Archaeological Proof!
  64. Seals of Jeremiah's Captors Discovered
  65. Archaeological Discovery Points to King David as a Historical Person
  66. Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Cities: Gath
  67. Did David and Solomon Actually Exist?
  68. Top Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology 2018
  69. The Case for Adam and Eve
  70. Newly discovered caves may hold more Dead Sea Scrolls
  71. 2,000-year-old ‘Pilate’ ring just might have belonged to notorious Jesus judge
  72. Earliest known stone carving of Hebrew word ‘Jerusalem’ found near city entrance
  73. 6 Archaeological Discoveries That Support the Bible
  74. 10 Most Significant Discoveries in the Field of Biblical Archaeology
  75. Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered
  76. Dead Sea Scroll fragment unveiled in Israel may point to an unknown manuscript
  77. 1,400-year-old menorah lamp, rare coin found as kids dig trail for Israel’s 70th
  78. In find of biblical proportions, seal of Prophet Isaiah said found in Jerusalem
  79. Scientists Just Discovered a Major Part of King Solomon’s 3,000-Year-Old Mines
  80. Dead Sea Scrolls discovery: Obscure fragments deciphered
  81. Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2017
  82. 2,700-year-old seal impression cements existence of biblical Jerusalem governor
  83. Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1,700 years
  84. Dead Sea Scrolls scam: Dozens of recently sold fragments are fakes, experts warn
  85. Wall Reliefs: Apkallus of the North-West Palace at Nimrud
  86. Jerusalem welcomed Jewish refugees 2,700 years ago, new finds show
  87. Researcher gives seal of approval to 53 biblical characters’ existence
  88. Living Descendants of Biblical Canaanites Identified Via DNA
  89. Finds in Jerusalem shore up biblical account of Babylonian conquest
  90. Biblical account of Gezer’s destruction gains ground with torched skeleton finds
  91. History’s ‘oldest smile’ found on 4,000-year-old pot in Turkey
  92. Does Archaeology Support the Bible?
  93. The ‘Spring Citadel’: the beginning and end of David’s kingship
  94. Despite detente, ancient Hebrew text ‘proving’ Jewish ties to Jerusalem set to stay in Istanbul
  95. Codex Sinaiticus
  96. From Where Did the Earth’s Water Come?
  97. The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  98. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources
  99. Floor tiles found in holy site rubble said to be from Second Temple
  100. Biblical King's Palace Found Under Shrine Demolished by ISIS
  101. New Dead Sea Scrolls cave discovered
  102. Recent Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology
  103. Biblical Archeology: Sodom and Gomorrah
  104. Israel to Launch Expedition to Find More Dead Sea Scrolls
  105. Oldest Hebrew mention of Jerusalem found on rare papyrus from 7th century BCE
  106. New look at ancient shards suggests Bible even older than thought
  107. Explore this 3D Rendering of the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
  108. Archaeologists find battle site where Romans breached Jerusalem walls
  109. Archeology again appears to back up biblical account
  110. Archaeology Shows Accuracy of Scripture: Luke’s Account of Mob at Ephesus in Acts 19
  111. Ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence
  112. Ancient shard offers archaeology’s first mention of Bethlehem
  113. Ancient Temple Mount ‘warning’ stone is ‘closest thing we have to the Temple’
  114. Modern Technology Unlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll
  115. Discovery reveals Biblical tale of desecration of religious sites by King Hezekiah

Piecing Together the Dead Sea Scrolls with DNA Evidence

DNA “fingerprints” lifted from the animal skins on which the texts were written could help piece the scrolls together to understand their meaning

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