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The Search for King David’s Palace
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
King Solomon’s Monumental Jerusalem
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
A Revolutionary Carbon-Dating Study of Ancient Jerusalem
A compelling new study shows Jerusalem at the time of David and Solomon was more a bustling city than a quiet village.
By
Brent Nagtegaal
and
Brad Macdonald
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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
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
The Hanging Gardens … of Nineveh?
Have the Hanging Gardens of Babylon been misinterpreted? And could this ancient ‘wonder for all peoples’ be mentioned in the Bible?
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
• June 9
Was Rahab Really a Canaanite?
Against the backdrop of biblical history and archaeological discovery lies a theological conundrum—and a fascinating solution.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 7
What Would We Know About Ancient Israel—If We
Didn’t
Have the Bible?
Quite a lot, it turns out
By
Christopher Eames
• May 31
Psalm 102 and God’s Biblical Archaeology
By
Gerald Flurry
Hallucinogenic Plants Discovered in Temples at Gath
New discoveries may provide insight into the cultic practices of biblical ‘soothsayers.’
By
Samuel McKoy
• April 1
Latest Round in Mount Ebal Saga: Curse Tablet Hit by One-Two-Three Punch. But Is It a Knockout?
Three successive articles in the
Israel Exploration Journal
take aim at the Mount Ebal ‘Curse Inscription.’ Do they provide the knockout blow?
By
Christopher Eames
• March 26
The ‘Most Extensive’ Hiding Complex Discovered in Galilee
An impressive snapshot of the dramatic Bar Kokhba Revolt.
By
George Haddad
• March 19
Eighth-Century B.C.E. Assyrian Scarab Discovered by Hiker in Lower Galilee
Winter rains reveal a buried gem.
By
George Haddad
• February 8
Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2023
Our take on the top discoveries in 2023
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• January 1
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
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
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, 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
Israel at War: An Update From Jerusalem
By
Brent Nagtegaal
and
Christopher Eames
• October 24, 2023
INFOGRAPHIC: Jerusalem’s Inscriptions
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
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
Who Were the ‘Blind and Lame’ Defenders of Jebusite Jerusalem? It’s Not Whom You Might Think
Beneath an otherwise seemingly obvious biblical passage lies a much more sinister meaning, as revealed by archaeology.
By
Christopher Eames
• September 8, 2023
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
In Memoriam: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, King of Hazor (1935–2023)
Israel loses another archaeology giant.
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• August 24, 2023
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