Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).

An accidental grass fire engulfs Tel Gezer.

A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy

A note to our readers, clarifying a potentially confusing issue

Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men

An interview with archaeologist Prof. Yosef Garfinkel on the eve of new excavations

What could prove to be the world’s “oldest sluice gate”

A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.

A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town

Some colorful highlights from the inaugural “International Academic Conference on New Studies in Temple Mount Research”

The researchers describe it as a revolutionary biblical discovery. Critics claim nothing to see here—or if anything, criminal activity. But we haven’t even seen the official report yet …