We know what the Bible says. What does archaeology say?

The Bible reveals a surprising amount of detail about the universe, as well as mankind’s remarkable—yet misguided—attempts to understand it.

The team from Hebrew University and the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology is about to start excavations again in the royal quarter of ancient Jerusalem—the Ophel. On today’s program, host Christopher Eames talks with excavation directors Prof. Uzi Leibner and Dr. Orit Peleg-Barkat about the upcoming Ophel dig.

Two royal, yet sickly, brothers. One horrifying cranial surgery. And: earliest evidence of leprosy?

How ancient is the Bible, anyway? Which is more correct: traditional dating or revised, late scholarly dating?

A look at the oldest biblical texts ever discovered

The Tel Dan Stele is arguably the most important artifact ever discovered in the world of biblical archaeology, containing the earliest confirmed mention of King David. In light of the opening celebration, Let the Stones Speak host Brent Nagtegaal interviewed epigrapher and historian Prof. Michael Langlois, who is currently researching the Stele.

The 2,700-year-old map that gives directions to a rather familiar vessel

The first time an inscription has surfaced bearing the name of a biblical judge

A look at the city-planning of four 3,000-year-old cities with Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

An underreported excavation gives insight into a transaction between Israel and Phoenicia and the location of biblical ‘Cabul.’

A lost opportunity to discuss the dramatic discoveries in ancient Jerusalem

Does the Bible tell us how its historical details and texts were transmitted through the tumults of history?

‘This is quite amazing for us. In 2,000 years, this text has not changed.’

Manetho names the Exodus pharaoh as one of the ‘Amenhoteps’—another pillar to the early-date Exodus. Are late-date rebuttals sufficient?

What archaeology and classical history have to say about a detestable practice the Bible describes in the heart of Jerusalem

Archaeologists identify remains in the City of David as belonging to the infamous biblical catastrophe.

A biblical conundrum sometimes characterized as killing the early Exodus and conquest theory. Does it?

Archaeological excavations in Jerusalem reveal adherence—and disobedience—to biblical kosher laws.

A three-millennia-old offering to Zeus—and a link to the infamous deity of the Bible, Baal

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