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Tisha B’Av Time Capsule: First Temple Period Destruction Unearthed in City of David
‘This discovery makes you feel that you are witnessing the very moment of destruction, the moment when it all happened. It’s deeply moving.’
By
George Haddad
and
Christopher Eames
• July 22
2026 Ophel Excavation Begins in Jerusalem
An interview with excavation co-director Prof. Uzi Leibner
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• July 19
Ophel Excavation 2026
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• June 28
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Bringing King David and King Solomon to Life!
Our institute is excited to announce two monumental projects.
By
Nicholas Irwin
• December 28, 2023
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
Antiochus’s Roof: Earliest Roof Tiles Discovered in the City of David
Could these be the very tiles from the Acra of Antiochus IV Epiphanes?
By
George Haddad
• December 8, 2023
Exhibit: ‘Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered’
A world premiere exhibit presented by the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, from Feb. 25, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2025
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Mysterious First Temple Period Cave Inscription Further Deciphered
By
George Haddad
• December 1, 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
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, 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
Finding the Hittites
How a lost empire confirms biblical history
By
Christopher Eames
and
George Haddad
What Is a Casemate Wall?
By
Christopher Eames
Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah
By
Prof. Yosef Garfinkel
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’
By
Gerald Flurry
Israel at War: An Update From Jerusalem
By
Brent Nagtegaal
and
Christopher Eames
• October 24, 2023
Psalms of the Fugitive
Harmonizing biblical poetry and history to understand David’s time on the run
By
Ryan Malone
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
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
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
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
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
First Temple Period Channels Baffle Archaeologists
A remarkable first-of-its-kind discovery, but the use remains a mystery.
By
George Haddad
• August 30, 2023
In Memoriam: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, King of Hazor (1935–2023)
Israel loses another archaeology giant.
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• August 24, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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