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בראשית פרק י”ד: חשיפת מלחמת העולם הראשונה של המקרא
הציר המזרחי מול הברית המערבית: העדויות למלחמת עולם ראשונה במקרא
By
Christopher Eames
• June 11
Israel’s Ancient Olive Oil Industry
Archaeology shows that industrialized olive oil production was one of the big reasons for economic prosperity in the Holy Land in the Iron Age.
By
Micah van Halteren
• June 10
Rare Assyrian-Period, Mother-of-pearl Seal Discovered at Tel Hadid
The stamp seal features motifs common to Mesopotamia.
By
Micah van Halteren
• June 8
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Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Civilizations: The Phoenicians
What history and archaeology tell us about the ancient world’s ‘red men’
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
• December 16, 2021
‘Thou Shalt Not Seethe a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk’: Peculiar Scripture Illuminated by Archaeology
Why is this biblical command repeatedly used in the context of harvesting fields?
By
Christopher Eames
• July 27, 2022
Zeus’s Thunderbolt, Pharaoh’s Arm: The God of Israel’s Inversion of Pagan ‘Powers’
Biblical examples of the humiliation of pagans—through an inversion of their own (archaeologically attested) powers and attributes
By
Christopher Eames
• July 24, 2022
Think You Know Your Biblical Figures? The Hebrew Pronunciation of Their Names Might Surprise You
Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon
—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).
By
Christopher Eames
• July 19, 2022
Prof. Gershon Galil Presents Translation of ‘Jerusalem’s Earliest Inscription’
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• July 14, 2022
Were the Seafaring Denyen the Tribe of Dan?
By
Samuel McKoy
• July 11, 2022
‘Gezer Doth Burn With Fire’—Last Monday, As a Matter of Fact
An accidental grass fire engulfs Tel Gezer.
By
Christopher Eames
• July 9, 2022
Minimalism’s Answer to Bible Historicity: Bible Accuracy Only ‘Coincidental’?
A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy
By
Christopher Eames
• July 7, 2022
Meet Avital—The Mazar You Might Not Have Heard About
Few could have matched the prodigious work ethic of Dr. Eilat Mazar—except, perhaps, her sister.
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
AIBA’s Bible Translation: The Jewish Publication Society (JPS)
A note to our readers, clarifying a potentially confusing issue
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• June 30, 2022
New Discovery: Jerusalem Elites Were Imbibing on Vanilla-Laced Wine Before City’s Fall
Evidence of wine-soaked opulence in the city’s final moments—just as the Prophet Jeremiah described
By
Christopher Eames
Riddle Me This: Why Did King Hiram Pay Solomon for Cities He Didn’t Want?
Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men
By
Christopher Eames
• June 25, 2022
‘And Rehoboam Built … Lachish’
An interview with archaeologist Prof. Yosef Garfinkel on the eve of new excavations
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• June 23, 2022
Sir Winston Churchill’s Thoughts on Bible Minimalism
By
Christopher Eames
• June 22, 2022
Ancient Shiloh
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Job and the Great Pyramid
Have you heard the theory that the biblical Job built the Great Pyramid?
By
Christopher Eames
• June 18, 2022
An Objective Look at Radiocarbon Dating
Carbon dating can be an extremely helpful archaeological tool. But is it the reliable, objective silver-bullet solution it is often portrayed to be?
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
An Ingenious Sluice Gate in Hezekiah’s Tunnel Revealed by New Research
What could prove to be the world’s “oldest sluice gate”
By
Christopher Eames
• June 13, 2022
Remembering Ancient Shiloh
Archaeologists are uncovering biblical Shiloh and bringing to life some of the Bible’s greatest history.
By
Gerald Flurry
Interview: Dr. Scott Stripling
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
Uncovering the Bible’s Buried Cities: Shiloh
Together, archaeology and biblical history tell the remarkable story of ancient Shiloh.
By
Jude Flurry
A Sunken City of Mitanni Has Risen. Will It Shed Light on the Judges Period?
A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.
By
Christopher Eames
• June 2, 2022
‘And Solomon Built Gezer’
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• June 1, 2022
10th-Century B.C.E. and Hasmonean-Era Farmstead Found. But Why Did the Farmers Flee?
A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town
By
Christopher Eames
• May 26, 2022
Touring the Bible at the Louvre Museum
By
Mihailo S. Zekic
• May 24, 2022
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