The slab fragment might not be much to look at. But even in fragmentary form, it shows that Judah’s kings also had ‘monumental’-style inscriptions …

Could this developing research help end some of the most contentious archaeological debates?

The much-debated genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22 can be somewhat of a headache for Bible scholars. Is it necessarily so?

A claim of ‘major discrepancy.’ But how major—or discrepant—is it?

Another pillar of the late-Exodus theory, ably contested and defended. But there is more than meets the eye …

It’s a key pillar to the late-date Exodus theory. Does it stand up to scrutiny?

Further evidence of Jeremiah’s account?

An intact Ramesside-period underground tomb inadvertently revealed along Israel’s coast

Or, all but. According to a new study, it’s about as good as done—representing a huge boon for archaeologists and historians (with an interesting link to the Bible).

Bible translations and commentaries mis-transliterated it—then wondered why they couldn’t understand it. Enter the “dean of biblical archaeologists” ….

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?)

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

Why is this biblical command repeatedly used in the context of harvesting fields?

Biblical examples of the humiliation of pagans—through an inversion of their own (archaeologically attested) powers and attributes

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

An accidental grass fire engulfs Tel Gezer.

A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy

Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men

What could prove to be the world’s “oldest sluice gate”

A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.

A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town

Some colorful highlights from the inaugural “International Academic Conference on New Studies in Temple Mount Research”