But who was Eleazar, exactly?

New research reveals the robust use of biblically attested currency, 500 years earlier than scholars originally thought.

Just a few centimeters beneath modern debris, and there it was—a hoard of golden treasure.

A dramatic numismatic snapshot of Byzantine history (including a veritable “time lapse” of the maturation of the empire’s princes!)

A lesson for us all from the Tel Dan Stele

What it’s like to volunteer on the Ophel excavation

A major coin hoard from the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule—1,670 years ago

Snapshot of a city moments before destruction

Is the criticism warranted? And why the level of vehemence?

What two recently discovered coins reveal about two vastly different periods in Judah

One of the earliest coins ever discovered in Israel

A destroyed Seleucid fortress near the Lachish forest—courtesy the Hasmonean revolt

What purpose did this 2,000-year-old item serve?

A special coin (produced at the temple itself?) found by a young sifting project volunteer

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

Growing evidence of Jerusalem as a thriving city in the third century B.C.E.

A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town

It’s one of the more ambiguous points in the biblical genealogies. And—despite a commonly calculated answer to this question—here’s a case for 70.

This is one of Israel’s most important but least understood locations. But we are working to fix that.

Hannukah’s nemesis comes to life in 2015 discovery