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Tel Et-Tell
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
‘My Lord, Your Servant’:
Adoni
in the Bible and the Amarna Letters
Interesting parallels grounding the Israelite conquest in and around the Amarna age
By
Christopher Eames
• February 5
3,300-Year-Old Canaanite Tomb Shows Ties to Egypt and Ancient Canaanite Burial Rituals
Analysis of a tomb in Israel reveals ties with Egyptian administration.
By
Heather Lexa
• February 4
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Is this Joab’s Tunnel?
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Material Evidence of Maccabean Battlefield Unveiled
Another find from the period of the Maccabees—right before Hanukkah
By
Micah van Halteren
• December 12, 2025
Hasmonean Period Wall Revealed Under Former Jerusalem Prison
Recent excavations reveal an impressive Hasmonean wall was peacefully dismantled. Why?
By
Micah van Halteren
• December 10, 2025
Is Joshua Mentioned in the Amarna Letters?
The archive has often been linked with the Israelite conquest, yet there’s no mention of the chief protagonist, Joshua. Or is there?
By
Christopher Eames
• December 8, 2025
שמירת כשרות בירושלים (ובפלשת) של תקופת הברזל IIא
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• December 5, 2025
The Hezekiah Bulla—In Five Minutes
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• December 3, 2025
A Fortress From the Time of David
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Where Did Biblical Ivory Come From?
A new study reveals a millennium-long trade monopoly
By
George Haddad
• November 28, 2025
Revealing the Source of Royal Ivory From Biblical Times
An interview with ivory expert Dr. Harel Shochat
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• November 26, 2025
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
Touring the Bible at the Ashmolean Museum
Get to know the artifacts that call the University of Oxford home.
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
Ophel Excavation Summer 2025
Excavation update
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
A Tale of Two Benayas—3,000 Years Apart
A story of ‘a place and a name’ on Israel’s northernmost border
By
Christopher Eames
Excavating the Time of David and Beyond at Abel Beth Maacah
An interview with Prof. Naama Yahalom-Mack
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
New Excavations Reveal Early Bronze Age Winepress and Ancient Canaanite Cult Practice
A shrine, a winepress and a ritual libation set found at Megiddo prove early wine production and reveal Canaanite ritual practice in the Bronze Age.
By
Micah van Halteren
• November 12, 2025
3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Fortress Uncovered
Along the ‘way of the land of the Philistines’
By
Micah van Halteren
• November 10, 2025
The Tel Dan Stele—In Five Minutes
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• November 6, 2025
המוצבים האדומיים של דוד
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• November 4, 2025
Bronze Production in Central Israel—Evidence of David’s Kingdom?
The earliest evidence of bronze production in Israel with links to Edom’s surge in copper production
By
George Haddad
and
Micah van Halteren
INFOGRAPHIC: The Pools of Royal Jerusalem
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Massive Ancient Water Reservoir Discovered in the City of David
An archaeological journey from Solomon and back again
By
Brent Nagtegaal
Putting Solomon Back Into the Song of Songs
Textual critics claim the Song of Songs is a late composition, certainly not the 10th-century
b.c.e.
product of King Solomon. They are wrong, says Prof. Gabriel Barkay.
By
Christopher Eames
Archaeology Furnishes a Beautiful Lesson in Family
A message on what makes archaeology great from our friend, Prof. Uzi Leibner
By
Gerald Flurry
A 2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Inscription Demanding Tribute Found in Jerusalem
‘Excitement on a level I can’t remember ever experiencing,’ one Assyriologist said.
By
Christopher Eames
• October 21, 2025
The Curious Conflict Between Radiocarbon Dating and Early Egyptian Chronology
An Egyptian history far
younger
than chronologists said? Here’s the decades-old dating battle you probably haven’t heard of, over Egypt’s earliest history.
By
Christopher Eames
• October 20, 2025
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