Article • September 8
Recent underwater excavations off the coast of Tel Dor give insight into the impact of political change on maritime trade during the kingdom of Israel.
Feature • July 1, 2022
Evidence of the final moments of Jewish rule in Jerusalem
Feature • January 1
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of nuclear-level devastation at an ancient site near the Dead Sea. But is it in the right place, at the right time? Is it Sodom?
Feature • April 30, 2022
Together, archaeology and biblical history tell the remarkable story of ancient Shiloh.
Article • March 28, 2019
According to scholars from Tel Aviv University: Yes.
Feature • August 27, 2024
Article • April 28, 2018
Is this classic account of creation limited only to Genesis?
Article • September 1, 2019
Do these represent parallels of some of the earliest biblical themes?
Article • May 16, 2021
The original parents’ attempt at modesty—and a fascinating archaeobotanical connection to this earliest of biblical accounts
Feature • April 30, 2023
Twenty-five hundred years after his reign, a handful of archaeological discoveries bring this biblical governor of Samaria back to life.
Article • June 23
Anticipation—and some skepticism—in awaiting publication of the latest findings, as heralded by a recent Expedition Bible episode
Article • April 6, 2021
God used the 10 plagues to send a powerful message to Egypt and the Israelites—and to us.
Feature • June 27, 2023
A study into the debate about the earliest biblical chronogenealogies, found in Genesis 5 and 11—for which early textual variants (Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan) differ dramatically. Can we know which is correct?
Article • February 10, 2022
It’s a peculiar ‘love fest’ numbered among the ‘Christian’ holidays. But its real origin is much earlier than the third-century ‘St. Valentine.’
Article • August 23, 2021
Grisly carnage at the famous Roman city hearkens back to the destruction of the original ‘sin cities.’
Article • April 13, 2023
The semantic debate about using b.c./a.d. or b.c.e./c.e. Here’s why we use the form that we do for our website.
Article • November 11, 2024
The 2,700-year-old map that gives directions to a rather familiar vessel
Article • January 13, 2019
Does Scripture account for the age of reptiles?
Feature • May 12, 2021
A recent documentary Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle compares a ‘scientific’ Bitter Lakes crossing theory with a ‘biblical’ Gulf of Aqaba crossing theory. But how biblical—or scientific—is either? Where did the Red Sea crossing take place?
Article • May 14, 2022
The researchers describe it as a revolutionary biblical discovery. Critics claim nothing to see here—or if anything, criminal activity. But we haven’t even seen the official report yet …
Article • October 4, 2023
Where did it come from? The surprising origins of the universal seven-day rhythm of human life.
Article • October 26, 2021
Long before Sparta’s 300, there was Gideon’s.
Article • March 29, 2020
Discoveries at Serabit el-Khadim highlight the biblical account of paganism among the freed Israelites.
Article • June 25, 2023
Does archaeology have anything to say about this peculiar story?