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

The Oldest Writing in Jerusalem

Two of the oldest pieces of writing found in Jerusalem leave their mark on the archaeological and biblical worlds.

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