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Biblical Archaeology and Israel at War: Lessons From the Fall of France

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

The ‘Earliest Evidence of Warfare in the Southern Levant’

The ‘Earliest Evidence of Warfare in the Southern Levant’

The discovery of a cache of hundreds of slingstones from the Chalcolithic period speaks to mankind’s perpetual cycle of war.

By Armstrong Institute Staff • November 24

Gezer’s Carbon Speaks: Solomonic City After All

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

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Biblical Archaeology and Israel at War: Lessons From the Fall of France

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

Gezer’s Carbon Speaks: Solomonic City After All

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

Archaeologists Enlisted to Help Uncover Remains From Hamas Massacre

Archaeologists Enlisted to Help Uncover Remains From Hamas Massacre

Under the most tragic circumstances of absolute destruction, the archaeological method is turned to in identifying remains.

By Armstrong Institute Staff • November 13

Are Biblical Hittites in Canaan Anachronistic?

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

Finding the Hittites

Finding the Hittites

How a lost empire confirms biblical history

By Christopher Eames and George Haddad

What Is a Casemate Wall?

What Is a Casemate Wall?

By Christopher Eames

Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah

Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah

By Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

Has the Seal Impression of Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah, Been Discovered?

Has the Seal Impression of Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah, Been Discovered?

A discovery that brings to life one of the most prominent historical personalities related to King Hezekiah

By Brent Nagtegaal

Publishing ‘Good Tidings’

Publishing ‘Good Tidings’

By Gerald Flurry

Israel at War: An Update From Jerusalem

Israel at War: An Update From Jerusalem

By Brent Nagtegaal and Christopher Eames • October 24

Psalms of the Fugitive

Psalms of the Fugitive

Harmonizing biblical poetry and history to understand David’s time on the run

First Temple Period Jerusalem: Unmatched Administrative Powerhouse

First Temple Period Jerusalem: Unmatched Administrative Powerhouse

Findings from a new corpus of Jerusalem’s Iron Age II/First Temple Period inscriptions

By Christopher Eames

New Evidence for King David’s Kingdom: An Interview With Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

New Evidence for King David’s Kingdom: An Interview With Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

By Armstrong Institute Staff

Revolt Coins and the Fall of Jerusalem

Revolt Coins and the Fall of Jerusalem

Two recent discoveries highlight one of Jerusalem’s most turbulent epochs.

By George Haddad

A Day on the Dig

A Day on the Dig

Ever wondered what it’s like to participate in an archaeological excavation? Join Armstrong College student Talea Gregory as she treks through the streets of Jerusalem and digs in the dirt of the Ophel.

By Talea Gregory

Explore the 2023 Ophel Excavation

Explore the 2023 Ophel Excavation

By Armstrong Institute Staff

First Temple Period Channels Baffle Archaeologists

First Temple Period Channels Baffle Archaeologists

A remarkable first-of-its-kind discovery, but the use remains a mystery.

By George Haddad • August 30

In Memoriam: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, King of Hazor (1935–2023)

In Memoriam: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, King of Hazor (1935–2023)

Israel loses another archaeology giant.

By Armstrong Institute Staff • August 24

The Rather Stunning Backlash Against Professor Garfinkel’s Latest Paper on the Kingdom of David

The Rather Stunning Backlash Against Professor Garfinkel’s Latest Paper on the Kingdom of David

Is the criticism warranted? And why the level of vehemence?

By Christopher Eames • August 23

The ‘House of the Forest of Lebanon,’ an Impossible Equation, and the Danger in Trying to ‘Fix’ the Bible

The ‘House of the Forest of Lebanon,’ an Impossible Equation, and the Danger in Trying to ‘Fix’ the Bible

How could 4 x 15 = 45? How a confounding equation led translators to begin ‘correcting’ the biblical text more than 2,000 years ago—and its solution.

By Christopher Eames • August 21

First Use of a Corbelled Vault Discovered at Tel Shimron

First Use of a Corbelled Vault Discovered at Tel Shimron

A 3,800-year-old mudbrick passageway provides key information about the spread of such arches to the southern Levant.

By George Haddad • August 18

Early Bronze Age Gate Discovered at Tel Erani

Early Bronze Age Gate Discovered at Tel Erani

The ‘oldest known gate’ found in the Holy Land

By George Haddad • August 15

Second Temple-Period Destruction Exposed in City of David

Second Temple-Period Destruction Exposed in City of David

Snapshot of a city moments before destruction

By George Haddad • August 4

Silver Revolt-Era Coin Found in En Gedi Cave

Silver Revolt-Era Coin Found in En Gedi Cave

An exceptionally rare coin inscribed with, ‘Holy Jerusalem’

By George Haddad • July 28

Elisha: The Prophet, the Legend, the History

Elisha: The Prophet, the Legend, the History

A chronicle told by the Bible, corroborated by archaeology

By Christopher Eames • July 21, 2017

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