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

Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).

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.

Genetics, morphology and archaeology—what does science say about the primeval couple?

Where did this famous medical symbol come from?

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

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

A look at the oldest biblical texts ever discovered

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.

What a mysterious gray Egyptian artifact in a German museum has to say about Israel’s(?) early history

Where did this universal medical symbol come from?

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

A message on what makes archaeology great from our friend, Prof. Uzi Leibner

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

A lost opportunity to discuss the dramatic discoveries in ancient Jerusalem

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

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

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

An interview with Prof. Michael Langlois

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

Four cities, four gates: Are the similarities and dating enough evidence to support a Solomonic kingdom?

The unusual species that once roamed ancient Israel

Getting to know Africa’s great empire through the pages of the Bible and archaeology

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