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City of David Excavation: 2007–2008
City of David Excavation: 2006–2007
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Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered
Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered
Seals of Jeremiah’s Captors Discovered
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Christopher Eames
Earliest Deep-Sea Shipwreck Ever Discovered Found Off Israel’s Coast
A 3,300-year-old vessel laden with hundreds of Late Bronze Age Levantine storage vessels
By
Christopher Eames
• June 19
Coin Hoard Discovered in Lod
A major coin hoard from the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule—1,670 years ago
By
George Haddad
and
Christopher Eames
• June 18
Where Is Mount Sinai? Part 2: Journey to Jabal Musa
In this second installment of our two-part series, we retrace the Israelites’ journey into the southern Sinai Peninsula—to Jabal Musa.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 14
Where Is Mount Sinai? Part 1: Not in Saudi Arabia
A two-part series in defense of the traditional southern Sinai Peninsula site. In this first installment, we address the increasingly popular Saudi Arabia theory.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 12
Was Rahab Really a Canaanite?
Against the backdrop of biblical history and archaeological discovery lies a theological conundrum—and a fascinating solution.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 7
Was Rahab Really a Prostitute?
Yes—here’s what those who call her profession into question leave out.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 5
What Would We Know About Ancient Israel—If We
Didn’t
Have the Bible?
Quite a lot, it turns out
By
Christopher Eames
• May 31
Another Second Temple Period Gold ‘Child’s Ring’ Found in Jerusalem!
A 2,300-year-old treasure from the City of David
By
Christopher Eames
• May 27
The Khirbet Qeiyafa Shrine Model: Insights Into Biblical Architecture
What a 3,000-year-old artifact reveals about royal Solomonic construction
By
Christopher Eames
Does the Bible Describe Moses as Having Horns?
A preposterous question, surely. But perhaps you have noticed the artistic depictions. What does the biblical passage that they are derived from really
mean?
By
Christopher Eames
• April 28
Was David and Solomon’s Jerusalem a ‘Godforsaken’ Place?
What does archaeology tell us?
By
Brad Macdonald
and
Christopher Eames
Is This Moses?
No evidence of the man in Egyptian history—so goes the common refrain. Or is there?
By
Christopher Eames
Latest Round in Mount Ebal Saga: Curse Tablet Hit by One-Two-Three Punch. But Is It a Knockout?
Three successive articles in the
Israel Exploration Journal
take aim at the Mount Ebal ‘Curse Inscription.’ Do they provide the knockout blow?
By
Christopher Eames
• March 26
The Number 666—in the Hebrew Bible?
An infamous number from the New Testament book of Revelation, but it is also found in the Hebrew Bible. Does it carry the same negative connotations?
By
Christopher Eames
• January 16
Uncovering the Identity of Melchizedek: Dead Sea Scroll 11QMelch
For thousands of years, speculation has abounded as to the true identity of Melchizedek—then out of the wilderness came a Dead Sea Scroll.
By
Christopher Eames
• January 12
A Tale of Two Flags
Comparing the origins and symbols of the Israeli and Palestinian flags—and the insight they give into a continual conflict
By
Christopher Eames
• December 12, 2023
Biblical Archaeology and Israel at War: Lessons From the Fall of France
How was the world’s strongest army defeated in six weeks?
By
Christopher Eames
• November 27, 2023
Gezer’s Carbon Speaks: Solomonic City After All
New radiocarbon evidence lays to rest minimalism’s low chronology attempt to redate King Solomon’s city into the ninth century B.C.E.
By
Christopher Eames
• November 20, 2023
Revealing King David’s Edomite Garrisons
New research corroborates the biblical account of King David’s chain of outposts within Edom.
By
Christopher Eames
• November 17, 2023
Israel at War: An Update From Jerusalem
By
Brent Nagtegaal
and
Christopher Eames
• October 24, 2023
The Hebrew Year 5784—or Is It?
A significant chronological debate you may have never heard of
By
Christopher Eames
• September 15, 2023
Who Were the ‘Blind and Lame’ Defenders of Jebusite Jerusalem? It’s Not Whom You Might Think
Beneath an otherwise seemingly obvious biblical passage lies a much more sinister meaning, as revealed by archaeology.
By
Christopher Eames
• September 8, 2023
Are Biblical Hittites in Canaan Anachronistic?
Hittites in second millennium
b.c.e.
Anatolia there were—but Hittites in second millennium
b.c.e.
Canaan?
By
Christopher Eames
What Is a Casemate Wall?
By
Christopher Eames
Finding the Hittites
How a lost empire confirms biblical history
By
Christopher Eames
and
George Haddad
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