Monumental ninth-century b.c.e. construction of an agricultural distribution center

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

Dinosaurs, the Ice Age, cavemen: Is the biblical timeline really at odds with scientific discoveries?

What to make of Ron Wyatt’s claimed discovery?

The debate about the date of the Exodus, conquest of Canaan, and establishment of Israel as a nation: What does Bible chronology say? And does the material on the ground offer any evidence?

He’s often identified with Ahmose I. Here’s a case for someone else, although not so far removed.

Recent scientific evidence corroborates an ‘impossible’ biblical miracle.

We know what ‘Abraham’ means—Genesis 17:5 tells us. Right? Trouble is, it doesn’t really make sense—in Hebrew, that is. Why not?

Kadesh? Qarqar? Thermopylae? The Bible’s account is largely descriptive of events relating to ancient Israel. But certain verses also hint at these famous events happening throughout the surrounding ancient world.

An intact Ramesside-period underground tomb inadvertently revealed along Israel’s coast

Tragedy brings into world focus one of the most enigmatic communities living in northern Israel (and beyond).

An interview with ivory expert Dr. Harel Shochat

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of nuclear-level devastation at an ancient site near the Dead Sea. But is it in the right place, at the right time? Is it Sodom?

The archaeological record of two cities gives us insight into one of Israel’s most influential personalities.

Does a new pottery reading reveal the connection between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon?

An alternative theory to the Documentary Hypothesis, relating to the earliest composition of the Bible

Did the events the book of Esther describes really happen?

A look at the meeting point of archaeology and the Bible during the time of Judah’s powerful governor.

Was the book of Daniel written before or after the incredible events it claims to have prophesied?

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

Was the book of Daniel written before or after the incredible events it claims to have prophesied?

Evidence of the core historicity of the Exodus—as related by non-Jewish authors of classical antiquity