It points to a passage from the book of Ezekiel.

Two royal, yet sickly, brothers. One horrifying cranial surgery. And: earliest evidence of leprosy?

Gold tongues for the Egyptian afterlife—and the ‘sin of Achan’

A small excavation with a big message

Archaeological proof of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem

A chronicle told by the Bible, validated by archaeology

Did King Solomon build the Ophel gatehouse?

The Bible reveals a surprising amount of detail about the universe, as well as mankind’s remarkable—yet misguided—attempts to understand it.

Twenty-five hundred years after his reign, a handful of archaeological discoveries bring this biblical governor of Samaria back to life.

Hittites in second millennium b.c.e. Anatolia there were—but Hittites in second millennium b.c.e. Canaan?

An infamous number from the New Testament book of Revelation, but it is also found in the Hebrew Bible. Does it carry the same negative connotations?

The book of Jeremiah contains a remarkable description of what appears to be Christmas trees. How could this be possible—centuries before the birth of Christianity?

The sensational story behind the discovery of a tiny artifact that proves the existence of one of the Bible’s greatest prophets.

It’s a commonly cited name for the area between the City of David and the Temple Mount. But what does this enigmatic word really mean?

Yes—here’s what those who call her profession into question leave out.

Maybe; evidence of the physics, certainly.

He’s popularly identified as such by early Exodus proponents using a high chronology. Does the low chronology undermine the identification?

Gratuitous torture, dimensions, animals, plants and period-specific impotence—all a remarkably accurate depiction of the infamous ‘bloody city’ in the book of Jonah.

An inside look at the character of the extraordinary woman behind the finds

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

Two bullae shine a light on the accuracy of the biblical account.

Evidence for the earliest pagan worship in Genesis?

New radiocarbon evidence lays to rest minimalism’s low chronology attempt to redate King Solomon’s city into the ninth century B.C.E.