A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy

Dr. Stripling and his team concluded the third season of digging at Tel Shiloh last summer.

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

What did Hezekiah’s kingdom look like after Assyria’s devastating conquest of Judah? The Bible reveals; archaeology corroborates.

What a 3,000-year-old artifact reveals about royal Solomonic construction

The biblical city of Ai was one of three cities that met a fiery demise when the Israelites conquered the Promised Land: “So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap …” (Joshua 8:28). Over the years, archaeologists have proposed a few sites as being biblical Ai. One such site is Khirbet al-Maqatir. Al-Maqatir was excavated by the Associates for Biblical Research for 14 seasons. This small site conforms with a number of key parameters for Joshua’s Ai. In today’s interview, which was recorded in May, Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames speaks with Abigail Van Huss, one of the site’s excavators, about the history of the site and its identification as Ai.

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

Why are humans so physically unique among the animal kingdom?

A revolutionary artifact with several lines of text ‘centuries older than any known Hebrew inscription from Israel’—and paralleling several scriptures regarding Israel’s entry into Canaan

Another major media piece reviews the historicity of King David. We review the conclusions.

So says one expert. But just how ‘rare’ are biblically significant archaeological discoveries?

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

What does archaeology tell us?

Ophel excavation co-director Prof. Uzi Leibner shows a new find from cleanup on the dig site.

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

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

It turns out many of our “new” scientific discoveries were actually always right under our noses—in the Bible.

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

Two bullae shine a light on the accuracy of the biblical account.

“[T]hou shalt make the tabernacle with … scarlet ….”

Does the inscription live up to expectations?