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New Study of Roman Ballista Stones Confirms Josephus’s Account of the Siege of Jerusalem
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?)
By
Christopher Eames
• August 9
Jerusalem’s Temples: The Archaeological Evidence
Is there really no proof of the first and second temples?
By
Christopher Eames
• August 7
The Monumental Four-Way Staircase of Herod the Great
Dr. Eilat Mazar completes an archaeological journey spanning almost two centuries.
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• April 13, 2021
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Who Were the Phoenicians?
What history and archaeology tell us about the ancient world’s ‘red men’
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
• December 16, 2021
‘Thou Shalt Not Seethe a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk’: Peculiar Scripture Illuminated by Archaeology
Why is this biblical command repeatedly used in the context of harvesting fields?
By
Christopher Eames
• July 27
Zeus’s Thunderbolt, Pharaoh’s Arm: The God of Israel’s Inversion of Pagan ‘Powers’
Biblical examples of the humiliation of pagans—through an inversion of their own (archaeologically attested) powers and attributes
By
Christopher Eames
• July 24
Think You Know Your Biblical Figures? The Hebrew Pronunciation of Their Names Might Surprise You
Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon
—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).
By
Christopher Eames
• July 19
Prof. Gershon Galil Presents Translation of ‘Jerusalem’s Earliest Inscription’
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• July 14
Were the Seafaring Denyen the Tribe of Dan?
By
Samuel McKoy
• July 11
‘Gezer Doth Burn With Fire’—Last Monday, As a Matter of Fact
An accidental grass fire engulfs Tel Gezer.
By
Christopher Eames
• July 9
Minimalism’s Answer to Bible Historicity: Bible Accuracy Only ‘Coincidental’?
A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy
By
Christopher Eames
• July 7
Meet Avital—The Mazar You Might Not Have Heard About
Few could have matched the prodigious work ethic of Dr. Eilat Mazar—except, perhaps, her sister.
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
AIBA’s Bible Translation: The Jewish Publication Society (JPS)
A note to our readers, clarifying a potentially confusing issue
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• June 30
New Discovery: Jerusalem Elites Were Imbibing on Vanilla-Laced Wine Before City’s Fall
Evidence of wine-soaked opulence in the city’s final moments—just as the Prophet Jeremiah described
By
Christopher Eames
Riddle Me This: Why Did King Hiram Pay Solomon for Cities He Didn’t Want?
Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men
By
Christopher Eames
• June 25
‘And Rehoboam Built … Lachish’
An interview with archaeologist Prof. Yosef Garfinkel on the eve of new excavations
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• June 23
Sir Winston Churchill’s Thoughts on Bible Minimalism
By
Christopher Eames
• June 22
Ancient Shiloh
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Job and the Great Pyramid
Have you heard the theory that the biblical Job built the Great Pyramid?
By
Christopher Eames
• June 18
An Objective Look at Radiocarbon Dating
Carbon dating can be an extremely helpful archaeological tool. But is it the reliable, objective silver-bullet solution it is often portrayed to be?
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
An Ingenious Sluice Gate in Hezekiah’s Tunnel Revealed by New Research
What could prove to be the world’s “oldest sluice gate”
By
Christopher Eames
• June 13
Remembering Ancient Shiloh
Archaeologists are uncovering biblical Shiloh and bringing to life some of the Bible’s greatest history.
By
Gerald Flurry
Interview: Dr. Scott Stripling
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
The Story of Ancient Shiloh
Together, archaeology and biblical history tell the remarkable story of ancient Shiloh.
By
Jude Flurry
A Sunken City of Mitanni Has Risen. Will It Shed Light on the Judges Period?
A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 2
‘And Solomon Built Gezer’
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• June 1
10th-Century B.C.E. and Hasmonean-Era Farmstead Found. But Why Did the Farmers Flee?
A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town
By
Christopher Eames
• May 26
Touring the Bible at the Louvre Museum
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
• May 24
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