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Herodotus: Earliest Extrabiblical Author to Mention the Exodus?
The renowned fifth-century B.C.E. historian is known for drawing a total blank on ancient Israel. Or did he? Might he have even included a reference to the Exodus?
By
Christopher Eames
• June 15
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
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Discovered: 2,000-Year-Old Seal With First Depiction of Biblical Balsam
A striking Jerusalem gemstone believed to contain the first depiction of a famous ancient perfume ingredient
By
Christopher Eames
• October 20, 2021
Gideon the Judge—Found in Southern Israel?
Scientists have discovered an inscription bearing the name of a biblical judge.
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• October 17, 2021
Is This the Biblical ‘Bithiah, Daughter of Pharaoh’?
A peculiar biblical personality and a peculiar Egyptian princess
By
Christopher Eames
• October 13, 2021
Yavne: World’s ‘Largest Complex of Byzantine Winepresses’ Ever Discovered
Uncovered: A multimillion-liter wine-making industry (with a biblical origin?)
By
Christopher Eames
• October 11, 2021
First Temple Period Lavatory Discovered in Jerusalem
A 2,700-year-old toilet discovered in a mansion on the outskirts of the capital
By
Christopher Eames
• October 4, 2021
‘Ice Age’ Megafauna and the Book of Genesis
Car-size rodents, elephant-size sloths, dinosaur-size elephants: How Pleistocene megafauna relate to the peculiar biblical antediluvian period
By
Christopher Eames
• September 8, 2021
New Discovery: A ‘Deceitful Weight’ in Jerusalem
A small, inconspicuous artifact, for which there is more than meets the eye
By
Christopher Eames
• September 2, 2021
Uncovering Khirbet Qeiyafa
Prof. Yosef Garfinkel’s excavation of an ancient fortress city is uncovering some important biblical history.
By
Christopher Eames
• August 31, 2021
Has the Seal Impression of Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah, Been Discovered?
First it was King Hezekiah, then Isaiah the prophet. Now evidence has been discovered of another royal official from the same time period.
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• August 31, 2021
Gideon the Judge—Found in Southern Israel?
Scientists have discovered an inscription bearing the name of a biblical judge.
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• August 31, 2021
Was David and Solomon’s Jerusalem a ‘Godforsaken’ Place?
What does archaeology tell us?
By
Brad Macdonald
and
Christopher Eames
• August 30, 2021
Pompeii: Echoes of Sodom and Gomorrah
Grisly carnage at the famous Roman city hearkens back to the destruction of the original ‘sin cities.’
By
Christopher Eames
• August 23, 2021
‘Looking Into the Liver’: Archaeology Illustrates a Peculiar Bible Verse
What the Prophet Ezekiel—and archaeology—reveals about ancient Babylonian divination
By
Christopher Eames
• August 20, 2021
‘Oldest Example of Applied Geometry’ and the Patriarch Abraham
New study of a land survey tablet reveals the mathematical genius of Babylon—and a link to the biblical patriarch, Abraham?
By
Christopher Eames
• August 9, 2021
The Temple Warning Inscriptions: ‘Closest Thing to the Temple We Have’
The 150-year anniversary of finding the closest confirmed temple artifacts
By
Christopher Eames
• August 1, 2021
Evidence of ‘Amos’s Earthquake’ Discovered in Jerusalem
Archaeologists identify remains in the City of David as belonging to the infamous biblical catastrophe.
By
Christopher Eames
• July 31, 2021
Before Boaz and Ruth—Salmon and Rahab?
An enigmatic Bible romance that preceded
the
Bible romance
By
Christopher Eames
• July 29, 2021
Piglet Found in First Temple Period Jerusalem
Evidence against the existence of kosher laws? Hardly; rather, a fascinating parallel to a contemporary Bible passage
By
Christopher Eames
• July 28, 2021
Discovered: Biblical Jerusalem’s East Fortification Wall
The new discovery of a length of Jerusalem’s defensive wall that was standing at the time of the Babylonian invasion
By
Christopher Eames
• July 14, 2021
Jerubbaal: Alias of Biblical Judge Gideon Discovered in Southern Israel
The first time an inscription has surfaced bearing the name of a biblical judge
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• July 10, 2021
The Enheduanna Disk: An Early ‘Tower of Babel’ Depiction?
A 4,300-year-old artifact with a rather familiar picture
By
Christopher Eames
• July 8, 2021
Baby’s Gold Ring? An Intriguing Historical Connection to Dr. Mazar’s ‘Final Discovery’
How the late Dr. Eilat Mazar’s last-released discovery matches a first-century gift recorded in the Book of Matthew
By
Christopher Eames
• July 3, 2021
Has Abraham’s Father, Terah, Been Discovered?
Near Eastern tablets that name and describe an individual closely matching the biblical patriarch Terah
By
Christopher Eames
• June 21, 2021
Abraham: Father of Nations—and a Scientist, Mathematician and Astronomer
Ancient records speaks of an astronomer among the Chaldeans who had a special relationship with ‘the mighty God.’
By
Andrew Miiller
• June 19, 2021
Ancient Arabian Cattle Cult, Jabal and Genesis
Evidence for the earliest pagan worship in Genesis?
By
Christopher Eames
• May 30, 2021
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