Let the Stones Speak
No evidence of the man in Egyptian history—so goes the common refrain. Or is there?
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October 4, 2013
An inside look at the character of the extraordinary woman behind the finds
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January 17, 2025
A new study shows that this grand gate’s layers were constructed by one king—Nebuchadnezzar II—not long after he destroyed Jerusalem.
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April 14, 2021
Brand-new discovery of a ‘missing link’ in the alphabet, predating the next-earliest Levantine alphabetic script by centuries
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August 1, 2025
‘For the Redemption of Zion’
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September 19, 2025
Snapshot of the final Jewish uprising under Roman rule
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August 31, 2021
Scientists have discovered an inscription bearing the name of a biblical judge.
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March 25, 2025
A remarkable trove of Hellenistic Period remains emerges from the region of Nahal Zohar.
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December 13, 2022
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December 5, 2024
An interview with archaeologist Prof. Yosef Garfinkel
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December 20, 2019
Hannukah’s nemesis comes to life in 2015 discovery
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February 12, 2025
The Bible says King Solomon possessed such quantities of bronze (an alloy of copper and tin) that it became a common material, not worthy of being enumerated. From where did Solomon acquire such vast supplies of copper? Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames interviewed Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef, director of excavations at Timna, to discuss the copper mines of Israel’s united monarchy.
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August 1, 2025
Where are the bodies?
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December 26, 2022
Four cities, four gates: Are the similarities and dating enough evidence to support a Solomonic kingdom?
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August 14, 2019
Archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest gatehouses in northern Israel.
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January 1, 2022
This exciting field of scientific study has bright days ahead, but only if we get back to using biblical history.
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July 1, 2022
A fascinating new study furthers our understanding of one of ancient Jerusalem’s most iconic features.
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September 1, 2024
Let the Stones Speak
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December 22, 2025
Around 170 years ago, British archaeologist Sir Austin Henry Layard excavated much of Assyrian King Sennacherib’s palace in ancient Nineveh. In the royal throne room, there stood a stunning 3-meter-high carving of a majestic city that was utterly unique in all of Sennacherib’s reliefs. Atop the tallest tower in the city was one individual holding up a royal standard. Could this be a depiction of ancient Jerusalem and could the lone figure be Judah’s King Hezekiah, of whom Sennacherib boasted that he besieged as a “bird in a cage.”
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May 4, 2019
‘Dr. Mazar, I presume?’