How archaeological discoveries from the chief Philistine city correspond with biblical history

Getting to know Africa’s great empire through the pages of the Bible and archaeology

Our take on the top discoveries in 2023

Understanding ancient Samaria through the lens of biblical archaeology

The Bible reveals a surprising amount of detail about the universe, as well as mankind’s remarkable—yet misguided—attempts to understand it.

Has the site of Joshua’s altar been discovered?

Our take on the top discoveries in 2023

The biblical record has a lot to say about the ancient city of Shechem—and so does archaeology.

Is the conventional wisdom correct, that we (via Greece) received it from the neighboring Phoenicians—or was it the Israelites? (Part 2)

Together, archaeology and biblical history tell the remarkable story of ancient Shiloh.

The nation that was both friend, enemy, safe haven and taskmaster to Israel

How the ancient alphabet of the Israelites came to be used by nearly 70 percent of the world’s population

A recent documentary Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle compares a ‘scientific’ Bitter Lakes crossing theory with a ‘biblical’ Gulf of Aqaba crossing theory. But how biblical—or scientific—is either? Where did the Red Sea crossing take place?

Was Solomon a significant king ruling over a vast, wealthy empire? The Bible says he was. What does archaeology say? A journey begins at the gates …

Where did our English (and worldwide) alphabet systems originate? Why are they so similar to the alphabet of the ancient Israelites?