Spoiler alert: It’s just as the Bible describes (although you might have missed it).

Archaeological discoveries are often used to ‘fact check’ the biblical account. This time the roles are reversed: A dramatic claim on an artifact was dismissed as ‘scribal error.’ Was it? What does the Bible say?

And the first extra-biblical evidence of the Sabbath, perhaps even Shavuot

So claimed Spartan King Areus I. Could it be true?

The Babylonian king’s account of the biblical colossus

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

Our institute is excited to announce two monumental projects.

Impossible odds?

The team from Hebrew University and the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology is about to start excavations again in the royal quarter of ancient Jerusalem - the Ophel. This follows on a successful 2022 season where the team began to uncover a monumental building from 2000 years ago at the foot of the southern Temple Mount wall. On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal talks with excavation director Prof. Uzi Leibner in his office at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem about the significance of the upcoming Ophel dig.

An interview with ivory expert Dr. Harel Shochat

Excavating the time of David and beyond at Abel Beth Maacah

He’s often identified with Ahmose I. Here’s a case for someone else, although not so far removed.

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

Another archaeological excavation has yielded further proof of Israel’s greatest-ever monarch

One hundred and fifty years of evolutionary theory unravels.

A 3,300-year-old vessel laden with hundreds of Late Bronze Age Levantine storage vessels

Dr. Eilat Mazar completes an archaeological journey spanning almost two centuries.

Uncovered a decade ago, this exquisite gold object is perhaps the best evidence yet for a Phoenician presence in Jerusalem at the time of Solomon.

A new discovery highlights the biblical account of ancient Israel’s size.