Excavators in the City of David have uncovered a massive dam built during the time of Jerusalem’s biblical kings. The dating of the reservoir to about 800 B.C.E., two hundred years after King David reigned, was determined following the publication of new carbon-14 results of the dam wall. On today’s program, Brent Nagtegaal reviews the discovery in light of biblical history.

Featuring a look at Naboth’s vineyard

Early carbon-14 results astound researchers

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.

On today’s program, Prof Michael Langlois joins host Brent Nagtegaal to discuss the Mesha Stele along with current scholarship’s unscientific reluctance to accept the historicity of King David.

Is the biblical description of “Philistines” prior to the 12th century B.C.E.—in fact, over half a millennium earlier—evidence of biblical fable? Many modern scholars believe it is. On today’s podcast, host Brent Nagtegaal interviews Christopher Eames to examine how the textual evidence from the Bible itself answers the question.

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

The 14th-century b.c.e. Amarna Letters contain horrified reports to Egypt’s pharaoh of Canaanite battles with a peculiar people named “Habiru,” who were conquering “all the lands.” Are these the biblical Hebrews who, according to biblical chronology, swept through the land at this time? The following infographic, from our March-April magazine, compares the Amarna and biblical accounts city by city.

We invite you to come inside the lobby of the magnificent Armstrong Auditorium and view our archaeological exhibit, “Seals of Isaiah and King Hezekiah Discovered!”

The team from Hebrew University and the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology is about to start excavations again in the royal quarter of ancient Jerusalem - the Ophel. This follows on a successful 2022 season where the team began to uncover a monumental building from 2000 years ago at the foot of the southern Temple Mount wall. On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal talks with excavation director Prof. Uzi Leibner in his office at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem about the significance of the upcoming Ophel dig.

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

An interview with archaeometallurgist Prof. Tzilla Eshel

Another season has come to an end. Here is this year’s end-of-season slideshow.

Dr. Eilat Mazar recounts the discovery of the Jehucal bulla to Stephen Flurry.

Lending an ear to one of history’s most advanced and impactful cultures

On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal interviews archaeologist Christopher Eames to discuss the historical evidence supporting the biblical account.

Debate over events aside, the detailed, eyewitness-style, Egyptianized language within the Torah points clearly to an Israelite experience in Egypt.

This exciting field of scientific study has bright days ahead, but only if we get back to using biblical history.

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