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