The book of Esther contains one of the most riveting and dramatic stories in the Bible. But is it true? There are those who have tried to discredit the book of Esther, relegating it to myth and fables. However, what does the evidence say? On today’s program, host Nicholas Irwin interviews staff writer Christopher Eames about his article “The Book of Esther: Fact or Fiction?”

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

On today’s podcast, Dr. Stripling joins host Brent Nagtegaal to discuss some amazing discoveries from excavation dumps on Mt Ebal that could reshape archaeology discussion regarding the period of Joshua’s conquest

On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal discusses a recent article by Ashkelon excavator Dr. Daniel Master in Biblical Archaeology Review that shows how dna evidence finally put to rest any debate about the Philistine origins.

Interview with excavation director Prof. Uzi Leibner

In 1968, Ambassador International Cultural Foundation Founder Herbert. W. Armstrong entered into a 50/50 joint partnership with Hebrew University to excavate the area just south of the Temple Mount.

A personal retelling of the discovery of seal impressions discovered on Dr. Eilat Mazar’s excavations

The Bible says King Solomon possessed such quantities of bronze (an alloy of copper and tin) that it became a common material, not worthy of being enumerated. From where did Solomon acquire such vast supplies of copper? Let the Stones Speak co-host Christopher Eames interviewed Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef, director of excavations at Timna, to discuss the copper mines of Israel’s united monarchy.

Interview: Proving the early use of Joseph’s title mentioned in Genesis

Protecting antiquities from looters and illicit markets continues to be a problem in Israel. Yet in the past week, Israel has announced the repatriation of two key discoveries: a First Temple Period papyrus and a silver shekel from the fourth year of the Great Revolt.

The Bible describes several peculiar architectural features of Solomon’s temple and palace complex. Remarkable parallels to these features were discovered on a 3,000-year-old strange stone model at Khirbet Qeiyafa. On today’s program, Let the Stones Speak host Christopher Eames interviews Dr. Madeleine Mumcuoglu, a lead researcher of the shrine model. They also discuss her discovery of the earliest alphabetical sentence ever found in Israel—the Lachish Comb Inscription.

An interview with Zvi Koenigsberg

Another year in biblical archaeology is behind us—and a big year it was, particularly in discoveries and research relating to kings David and Solomon.

It’s a complex question to answer—and there are countless theories about this man’s identity.

On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal interviews Dr. Vainstub about his new reading of the inscription and its connection to the biblical narrative.

The following are seals of biblical individuals discovered in Jerusalem and dating to the late seventh/early eighth centuries B.C.E. These individuals witnessed Judah’s demise and the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.