As another calendar year ends, we’re encouraged by the growth and motivated to jump into what will be our most important year yet.

Is there really no proof of the first and second temples?

A Jerusalem discovery 50 years in the making

A remarkable trove of Hellenistic Period remains emerges from the region of Nahal Zohar.

How archaeology and the biblical record link the Holy Land to ancient Spain

Three successive articles in the Israel Exploration Journal take aim at the Mount Ebal ‘Curse Inscription.’ Do they provide the knockout blow?

This is one of Israel’s most important but least understood locations. But we are working to fix that.

2,500 years after his reign, a handful of archaeological discoveries bring this biblical governor of Samaria back to life.

From the biggest of shipwrecks to the smallest of pendants—here’s our list of 2024’s greatest hits in biblical archaeology

Eight large ostrich eggs discovered at an ancient nomadic campsite

Join AIBA, the Israel Antiquities Authority and other select partners on an archaeological journey to the core of ancient Jerusalem.

Archaeology in Jerusalem is often unfairly demonized by agenda-driven journalists as the work of ‘Zionists’ in opposition to Palestinians. This could not be further from the truth—as the Mazar excavations in particular attest.

Muslim apologists popularly cite this as “proof” of the historical accuracy of the Qur’an over the Bible. But does it stand up to scrutiny?

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

It’s one of the more ambiguous points in the biblical genealogies. And—despite a commonly calculated answer to this question—here’s a case for 70.

Talking with excavation director Prof. Uzi Leibner on the final day of our excavations