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Rare Menorah Coin and Unique Ashkelon Tetradrachm Returned to Israel
“The second known of its kind in the world”
By
George Haddad
• May 22
השימוש – והגאוניות – בבתי שער תאיים
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• May 21
Youth Discovers 1,700-Year-Old Statuette Fragment in Ramon Crater
A family outing turned treasure hunt.
By
George Haddad
• May 19
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Israel in Egypt
New Inscription From Lachish Proves Early Use of Joseph’s Title
As Joseph was ‘šalit’ in Bronze Age Egypt, Baal was ‘šalit’ at Bronze Age Lachish.
By
Christopher Eames
• May 3
Moses at Mount Sinai: Rage or Ritual?
Why did Moses smash the tablets of the Ten Commandments?
By
Joe LoMusio
The Ipuwer Papyrus: Eyewitness Account of the Exodus Plagues?
The Ipuwer Papyrus provides a remarkably similar account of calamities befalling Egypt—but what of the date and genre?
By
Christopher Eames
The Tribe of Asher in the Exodus Date Debate
The 3,300-year-old evidence for the establishment of an Israelite tribe
By
Christopher Eames
• February 27
Bad Blood Between the Egyptians and Israelites Began With … Hippopotamuses?
Sometimes, all it takes is an animal.
By
Christopher Eames
• February 11
Does the Mesha Stele Say Omri Reigned 40 Years?
A case of numeric exaggeration using a symbolic number? Is it reason to discount a literal interpretation of the 1 Kings 6:1 Exodus timeline?
By
Christopher Eames
• November 24, 2025
3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Fortress Uncovered
Along the ‘way of the land of the Philistines’
By
Micah van Halteren
• November 10, 2025
Who Was the Pharaoh Who ‘Knew Not Joseph’?
He’s often identified with Ahmose I. Here’s a case for someone else, although not so far removed.
By
Christopher Eames
• September 1, 2025
Thoughts on Velikovskian Chronology—From One of Its Staunchest Former Proponents
Perspective from the late Dr. Herman Hoeh, an employee of our namesake—one of the theory’s most ardent early supporters
By
Christopher Eames
• August 22, 2025
The Hyksos: Evidence of Jacob’s Family in Egypt?
There are some uncanny parallels among the Semitic rulers of Lower Egypt—right down to their individual names.
By
Christopher Eames
INFOGRAPHIC: Egypt During the Israelite Sojourn
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
The Genuineness of the Joseph Account
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
A Once-in-a-Century Find
Archaeologists working in Egypt recently discovered a truly remarkable and rare find—and there may be more to come.
By
Nicholas Irwin
Who Was Joseph’s Pharaoh?
Is the Joseph story mere literary fiction? Or does it reflect historical reality—and even a specific pharaoh?
By
Andrew Miiller
Joseph and the ‘Law of History’
Do great individuals turn the course of history?
By
Gerald Flurry
Review:
Thutmose IV as the Exodus Pharaoh: Chronological and Astronomical Considerations
A new book from Wayne A. Mitchell and David F. Lappin
By
Christopher Eames
• February 10, 2025
The 19 Generations of 1 Chronicles 6: Evidence for the Early Exodus
Genuine evidence for an early Exodus date? Or the product of artificial inflation?
By
Christopher Eames
• December 25, 2024
Amenhotep II as Exodus Pharaoh—With a Low Egyptian Chronology?
He’s popularly identified as such by early Exodus proponents using a high chronology. Does the low chronology undermine the identification?
By
Christopher Eames
• December 18, 2024
Manetho’s Exodus Pharaoh, ‘Amenophis’ (Amenhotep): Any Reason to Doubt?
Manetho names the Exodus pharaoh as one of the ‘Amenhoteps’—another pillar to the early-date Exodus. Are late-date rebuttals sufficient?
By
Christopher Eames
• November 27, 2024
Where Is Mount Sinai? Part 2: Journey to Jabal Musa
In this second installment of our two-part series, we retrace the Israelites’ journey into the southern Sinai Peninsula—to Jabal Musa.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 14, 2024
Where Is Mount Sinai? Part 1: Not in Saudi Arabia
A two-part series in defense of the traditional southern Sinai Peninsula site. In this first installment, we address the increasingly popular Saudi Arabia theory.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 12, 2024
Is This Moses?
No evidence of the man in Egyptian history—so goes the common refrain. Or is there?
By
Christopher Eames
The Number 666—in the Hebrew Bible?
An infamous number from the New Testament book of Revelation, but it is also found in the Hebrew Bible. Does it carry the same negative connotations?
By
Christopher Eames
• January 16, 2024
Finding the Hittites
How a lost empire confirms biblical history
By
Christopher Eames
and
George Haddad
Moses’s ‘Ark of Bulrushes’
Does archaeology have anything to say about this peculiar story?
By
Christopher Eames
• June 25, 2023
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