A lesson in being patient in waiting for confirmation of biblical events

The Bible records that King David’s grandson, King Rehoboam, fortified 15 cities in the kingdom of Judah almost 3,000 years ago. The biggest of these was Lachish, recognized as Judah’s second most important city after Jerusalem. Prof. Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University is currently excavating at Tel Lachish. Two days before the end of the excavation, Let the Stones Speak host Brent Nagtegaal sat down with Professor Garfinkel to view the massive city wall his team is unearthing.

The book of Esther contains one of the most riveting and dramatic stories in the Bible. But is it true?

This amazing discovery was made on one of the final days of excavation while removing a Byzantine wall.

Biblical archaeology connects the past with the present—and the future.

Along the ‘way of the land of the Philistines’

The Temple Mount Sifting Project announces the discovery of yet another seal impression from Jerusalem.

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?

Surely no one could live for 900 years.

Genetics, morphology and archaeology—what does science say about the primeval couple?

Just how accurate is the biblical portrayal of ancient music?

Excavating, publishing and sharing Israel’s biblical history has never been more important.

Who was the Persian ‘queen’ referenced in Nehemiah 2:6?

But which nation did he rule?

Here’s how the ancient alphabet of the Israelites has come to be used by nearly 70 percent of the world’s population. (Part 1)

How ancient is the Bible, anyway? Which is more correct: traditional dating or revised, late scholarly dating?

How ancient is the Bible, anyway? Which is more correct: traditional dating or revised, late scholarly dating?

In praise of one of history’s most literary and eternally influential cultures

aiba’s Christopher Eames presents the first full accounting of Jerusalem inscriptions from the Iron ii period at the distinguished “Epigraphy in Judah” conference in Jerusalem.