And a new tool in biblical archaeology: archaeomagnetism

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?

Once again, studies show that the United Monarchy of David and Solomon was an industrial powerhouse.

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

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

Just an ancient gift, or more proof of a powerful Judahite kingdom?

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

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

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

The debate about the date of the Exodus, conquest of Canaan, and establishment of Israel as a nation: What does Bible chronology say? And does the material on the ground offer any evidence?