Scriptural phrases that have been confirmed in the archaeological record

The excavation season begins at the Ophel, Jerusalem. Follow the excavation blog for regular updates.

How archaeological discoveries from Israel’s capital city correspond with biblical history.

Where did our English (and worldwide) alphabet systems originate? Why are they so similar to the alphabet of the ancient Israelites?

Archaeology corroborates the invasion of the earliest pharaoh named in the biblical account.

The archaeological evidence for the battles of the judges

Get to know the artifacts that call the University of Oxford home.

Our take on the top discoveries in 2023

Archaeology proves the famous biblical account of a desperate attempt to fortify the Holy City.

A look at the Abrahamic-era construction around the Gihon Spring

How archaeological discoveries from Judah’s ‘watchtower’ city correspond with biblical history

Artifacts that all but identify biblical personalities

The next wonder of the ancient world lies only a few meters beneath the surface, waiting to be revealed.

Tel Motza hosted a pagan shrine displaying a Canaanite deity—a find characterized as ‘surprising.’ Here’s why it’s not.

How archaeological discoveries from the first city conquered in the Promised Land correspond with biblical history.

It’s a key pillar to the late-date Exodus theory. Does it stand up to scrutiny?

Did King Solomon build the Ophel gatehouse?

The book of Jeremiah contains a remarkable description of what appears to be Christmas trees. How could this be possible—centuries before the birth of Christianity?

A two-part series in defense of the traditional southern Sinai Peninsula site. In this first installment, we address the increasingly popular Saudi Arabia theory.

Perspective from the late Dr. Herman Hoeh, an employee of our namesake—one of the theory’s most ardent early supporters

Findings from a new corpus of Jerusalem’s Iron Age II/First Temple Period inscriptions

Parallel practices, festivals, clothing, symbols, ritual sites—and evidence of migration

A ‘Stone Age zoo,’ Aboriginal Australians, booze and worldwide calamity at the earliest temple ever found—discoveries at this fantastical Turkish site parallel a peculiar early biblical setting.

New research making headlines has led to such a conclusion. Here’s how the findings correlate with the Bible account.

Uncovered a decade ago on the Ophel excavations, an exquisite gold object is finally unveiled to the public at the opening of the ‘King David and Solomon Discovered’ exhibit in honor of late Israeli archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar.