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.

The 14th-century b.c.e. Amarna Letters contain horrified reports to Egypt’s pharaoh of Canaanite battles with a peculiar people named “Habiru,” who were conquering “all the lands.” Are these the biblical Hebrews who, according to biblical chronology, swept through the land at this time? The following infographic, from our March-April magazine, compares the Amarna and biblical accounts city by city.

The ancient Habiru battled their way through Canaan during the 14th century b.c.e. Who were these people?

It’s a complex question to answer—and there are countless theories about this man’s identity.

Some uncanny parallels among the Semitic rulers of Lower Egypt—right down to their individual names