An inside look at the character of the extraordinary woman behind the finds

Israeli archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar discusses the value of the Bible in Israeli archaeology.

Genuine evidence for an early Exodus date? Or the product of artificial inflation?

Brand-new discovery of a ‘missing link’ in the alphabet, predating the next-earliest Levantine alphabetic script by centuries

One hundred and fifty years of evolutionary theory unravels.

A series of peculiar stone etchings and monuments found in southern Israel that appear to parallel the Exodus account.

Five discoveries that caught our eye

But you won’t find that in the reporting or the scientific study.

A small excavation with a big message

The archaeological record of seal stamps in ancient Israel matches closely with the biblical record of their use.

The Temple Mount Sifting Project has produced some remarkable finds. The discoveries are diverse—from arrowheads to astragals—and unique, including items made of gold!

A recent three-month excavation raises more ruins of ancient Jerusalem.

A reanalysis of two bullae calls into question the dismissal that they are forgeries.

Nearly 2,800 years ago, a megaquake shook ancient Israel. So says the Bible—and so says a mountain of archaeological evidence. And could it really have been prophesied in advance?

Why did Moses smash the tablets of the Ten Commandments?

But do the counterarguments have any weight?

In this second installment of our two-part series, we retrace the Israelites’ journey into the southern Sinai Peninsula—to Jabal Musa.

Pollen analysis reveals a long, devastating region-wide drought and food shortage—matching up with the biblical account of the book of Ruth.

Originally thought to have been imported, an ingenious method of analysis reveals a high-quality alabaster originating in ancient Israel.

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.

The Temple Mount Sifting Project has produced some remarkable finds. The discoveries are diverse—from arrowheads to astragals—and unique, including items made of gold! Each discovery, just like the sifting project itself, makes a great contribution to the archaeological record of Jerusalem. During their December interview, project co-director Zachi Dvira gave Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames an inside look at some of these finds. You can now see these for yourself in this second installment of that interview.