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These artifacts depict the conquests—and almost conquests—of Assyrian King Sennacherib over the nation of Judah.

Two bullae shine a light on the accuracy of the biblical account.

Where did this famous medical symbol come from?

Where did this famous medical symbol come from?

POTS WERE FIRED SEVERAL TIMES (IN THE SAME KILN) IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED FINISH & COLOURING.

Rare First Temple period seal impression provides first proof of one of King Josiah’s aides.

The ‘most natural thing in the world’—and for scientists, a real dilemma

The unusual species that once roamed ancient Israel

Artifacts that all but identify biblical personalities

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

Was the miracle of Joshua’s long day just an eclipse?

What a mysterious gray Egyptian artifact in a German museum has to say about Israel’s(?) early history

A look at the meeting point of archaeology and the Bible during the time of Judah’s powerful governor.

Lessons Iran’s ayatollahs could learn from their ancestors

Just how accurate is the biblical depiction of the development of language?

How archaeological discoveries from the first city conquered in the Promised Land correspond with biblical history.

Archaeologists excavating on Mount Zion in Jerusalem have uncovered evidence of the Babylonian conquest of the city, appearing to confirm a Biblical account of its destruction.

A recently deciphered inscription adds color to the biblical account.

Is there really no proof of the first and second temples?

As monumental of a find as the palace is, the way it was found is perhaps even more remarkable.

Archaeology proves the famous biblical account of a desperate attempt to fortify the Holy City.

He’s known in 2 Kings 18 as Sennacherib’s right-hand man—the evil opponent of King Hezekiah, taunting the walled-up Jews with blasphemy and obscenity. But contrary to common belief, Rabshakeh was not his name. The “rabshakeh” was actually one of the highest positions in the Assyrian and Babylonian royal courts, perhaps most known from this biblical account of the Assyrian invasion of Judah. Archaeology has confirmed the use of this royal title—albeit, belonging to another man.

The finds that caught our eye

What artifacts show us about the city—before it became the capital of Israel

A reanalysis of two bullae calls into question the dismissal that they are forgeries.

Possible evidence of Zephaniah’s great-grandfather

The world of archaeological reporting is full of ‘fake news.’ Here’s how to sort the truth from the fiction.

It points to a passage from the book of Ezekiel.

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

A treasure trove of seals and small finds, unearthed within an impressive administrative storage center, discovered not far from Jerusalem’s new U.S. Embassy

An account of the prophet’s life—told by the tiniest artifacts.

A new discovery of several dozen beautifully carved architectural elements, from a palatial building belonging to the kings of Judah.

Scholars were surprised at the discovery. Here’s why they shouldn’t have been.

Here’s how the ancient alphabet of the Israelites has come to be used by nearly 70 percent of the world’s population.

The Universe is practically everything. From space, time, and their contents, which include planets, stars, galaxies, to all other forms of matter, and energy. Everything is part of the universe, and the universe is part of everything.

Archaeologists have found King Sennacherib’s 2,700-year-old siege ramp—built from a Canaanite city wall 1,000 years older

Chances are you’ve heard of the famous one from Tel Dan—here are two more.

Gratuitous torture, dimensions, animals, plants and period-specific impotence—a remarkably accurate depiction of the infamous ‘bloody city’ in the book of Jonah

Was the book of Daniel written before or after the incredible events it claims to have prophesied?

A puzzling series of apparently contradicting accounts describe Israel’s fall. But what if there is more to 2 Kings 18:9-11 than meets the eye?

Dr. Eilat Mazar completes an archaeological journey spanning almost two centuries.

“This is part two of my series on the top ten discoveries in biblical archaeology. “

“This is part one of my series on the top ten discoveries in biblical archaeology. “

The historicity of Jesus of Nazareth is well-attested; in addition to the reliable gospel accounts in Scripture, numerous secular authors within 150 years of his life mention him.

Brand-new discovery of a ‘missing link’ in the alphabet, predating the next-earliest Levantine alphabetic script by centuries

A handful of discoveries demonstrating Jerusalem’s storied, stratified history

Long before Sparta’s 300, there was Gideon’s.

Scientists have discovered an inscription bearing the name of a biblical judge.

Israeli archaeologists have revealed the secrets behind the Assyrian siege ramp that conquered the ancient Judean town of Lachish.

The tablet remarkably parallels the account in Deuteronomy 11, 27 and Joshua 8, which record the establishment of an altar on this site at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan and the declaration of “curses” from it. Not only that, the inscription is by far the earliest to use the Hebrew name of the God of Israel, yhw (predating the next-earliest inscription by centuries). In the words of Prof. Gershon Galil, the discovery represents “absolutely the most important inscription ever found in Israel.”

Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).

Archaeological discoveries reveal the eyewitness account—surprise, surprise—to be spot-on. (And as an aside: Does the Bible reveal the origin of such machines?)

And evidence for the much-debated era of the Exodus

The latest discovery from our Ophel excavations in Jerusalem

“Biblical minimalism” as it is known, has gone through a number of permutations in the recent past. Its modern career began about 30 years ago, when bar was still a youngster. Since then it has been part of the ongoing debate regarding the extent to which historical data are embedded in the Hebrew Bible.