Another exciting clay seal impression has been found in First Temple period Jerusalem.

Where is biblical Ai? There are two primary theories; one contradicts the Bible.

You’ve heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Have you heard of the Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, which are centuries older and just as extraordinary?

How the “stones speak” about one of Judah’s longest-reigning monarchs

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

The 150-year anniversary of finding the closest confirmed temple artifacts

Here’s why scholars shouldn’t have been surprised.

Ezekiel 21 sheds light on this ancient divination practice.

Looking back 40 years on from the death of our namesake—and why his legacy is important

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

On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal goes to Tel Lachish to talk with excavation director Prof. Yosef Garfinkel about his team’s discoveries at the site from the time of Rehoboam, as well as to preview his new excavations set to begin on June 26, 2022.

A journey of three seal stamps, of twisted floors and belligerent Ammonites, from seventh-century b.c.e. Edom all the way to the 20th-century antiquities market

Evidence of an early Ammonite civilization and an Ammonite god mentioned in the Hebrew Bible

Last word before lights out: ‘Learn’

Evidence of wine-soaked opulence in the city’s final moments—just as the Prophet Jeremiah described

A peculiar biblical passage points to a common motif in the ancient world—and the modern.

An interview with ivory expert Dr. Harel Shochat

An overview of 2021’s most egregious (and occasionally hilarious) claims of archaeology ‘disproving’ the Bible

Yes—here’s what those who call her profession into question leave out.

This treasure of archaeological finds proves the biblical record.

The semantic debate about using b.c./a.d. or b.c.e./c.e. Here’s why we use the form that we do for our website.

The earliest evidence of bronze production in Israel with links to Edom’s surge in copper production

The consequential chronological debate you may have never heard of

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