So use on Noah’s ark should have been no problem

Where did this famous medical symbol come from?

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Coronavirus lockdowns once again interrupted archaeological excavations in Israel in 2021, but it didn’t prevent the discovery of some marvelous artifacts and revelations. Here’s our selection of the top finds of 2021, in ascending order of significance.

Is the story really entirely impossible?

It points to a passage from the book of Ezekiel.

Was the miracle of Joshua’s long day just an eclipse?

Is the Joseph story mere literary fiction? Or does it reflect historical reality—and even a specific pharaoh?

An archaeology principle for everyday life

And the man who had Judah’s first governor assassinated

New study of a land survey tablet reveals the mathematical genius of Babylon—and a link to the biblical patriarch, Abraham?

Debate over events aside—how the detailed, eyewitness-style, Egyptianized language within the Torah points clearly to an Israelite experience in Egypt

Some argue that there is no biblical link between Nimrod and the tower of Babel. Is this true?

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

Bible translations and commentaries mis-transliterated it—then wondered why they couldn’t understand it. Enter the “dean of biblical archaeologists” ….

The finds that caught our eye

Could these be the very tiles from the Acra of Antiochus IV Epiphanes?

From the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age, this city has a long history that matches the meaning of its name.