A 2,300-year-old treasure from the City of David

A Second Temple Period find you definitely wouldn’t want to lose

A little tablet parallels Jeremiah’s account of a Babylonian general and his presence at the fall of Jerusalem.

Explore the rich history of our involvement in Jerusalem in this very first AIBA Insights program.

An interview with Prof. Ariel Cohen

Was this the conduit through which Joab wrested Jerusalem from the Jebusites?

Just an ancient gift, or more proof of a powerful Judahite kingdom?

“Governor of the city” discovered in Jerusalem Old City excavation.

And the second within a single year

“Whoever wore it was certainly affluent.”

A recent study suggests that unweaned children do not qualify for an independent burial in ancient Judah. Is that true?

The biblical city of Ai was one of three cities that met a fiery demise when the Israelites conquered the Promised Land: “So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap …” (Joshua 8:28). Over the years, archaeologists have proposed a few sites as being biblical Ai. One such site is Khirbet al-Maqatir. Al-Maqatir was excavated by the Associates for Biblical Research for 14 seasons. This small site conforms with a number of key parameters for Joshua’s Ai. In today’s interview, which was recorded in May, Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames speaks with Abigail Van Huss, one of the site’s excavators, about the history of the site and its identification as Ai.