Uncovered a decade ago on the Ophel excavations, an exquisite gold object is finally unveiled to the public at the opening of the ‘King David and Solomon Discovered’ exhibit in honor of late Israeli archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar.

The inspiring story of one man’s love for Israel

Israeli archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar discusses the value of the Bible in Israeli archaeology.

A new study of a pithos inscription, found during the 2012 Ophel excavation, concludes that it contained incense from southern Arabia—paralleling the biblical account of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Jerusalem.

Examining the scientific evidence for the home of Israel’s greatest king.

How the late Dr. Eilat Mazar’s last-released discovery matches a first-century gift recorded in the Book of Matthew

As monumental of a find as the palace is, the way it was found is perhaps even more remarkable.

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

The connection between Jerusalem archaeology and a tiny college in America’s heartland

Archaeology in Jerusalem is often unfairly demonized by agenda-driven journalists as the work of ‘Zionists’ in opposition to Palestinians. This could not be further from the truth—as the Mazar excavations in particular attest.

The first-and-only bulla belonging to a king of Judah or Israel ever found in archaeological excavations

A recent three-month excavation raises more ruins of ancient Jerusalem.

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

From the Nile to the Ophel: Fragment of a late second millennium B.C.E. letter from Egypt’s pharaoh to Jerusalem’s king

After a four-year hiatus, we recently renewed archaeological excavations on the Ophel.

Archaeologists are ignoring the Bible, even as more and more evidence surfaces proving the biblical record true.