It wasn’t what Dr. Mazar uncovered that rankled scholarly critics—it was that her findings matched the biblical narrative.

Recent scientific evidence corroborates an ‘impossible’ biblical miracle.

Assyrian inscriptions prove Israel’s deliverance from the Syrians through King Jehoash.

A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.

Two of the oldest pieces of writing found in Jerusalem leave their mark on the archaeological and biblical worlds.

The archaeological evidence for the battles of the judges

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.

Some uncanny parallels among the Semitic rulers of Lower Egypt—right down to their individual names

Hundreds of King Hezekiah’s handle inscriptions bear the enigmatic term. Dr. Daniel Vainstub presents a fascinating new solution to the riddle.

The ancient Persians are recognized as one of the greatest peoples on Earth—and for good reason.

For thousands of years, speculation has abounded as to the true identity of Melchizedek—then out of the wilderness came a Dead Sea Scroll.

We should. It’s the most accurately copied ancient document in human history.

Kadesh? Qarqar? Thermopylae? The Bible’s account is largely descriptive of events relating to ancient Israel. But certain verses also hint at these famous events happening throughout the surrounding ancient world.

Is the conventional wisdom correct, that we (via Greece) received it from the neighboring Phoenicians—or was it the Israelites? (Part 2)

Twenty-five hundred years after his reign, a handful of archaeological discoveries bring this biblical governor of Samaria back to life.

Interesting parallels grounding the Israelite conquest in and around the Amarna age

Is the story really entirely impossible?

The archaeological evidence for the battles of the judges

According to scholars from Tel Aviv University: Yes.

A preposterous question, surely. But perhaps you have noticed the artistic depictions. What does the biblical passage that they are derived from really mean?

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

Gratuitous torture, dimensions, animals, plants and period-specific impotence—all a remarkably accurate depiction of the infamous ‘bloody city’ in the book of Jonah.