Tel Motza hosted a pagan shrine displaying a Canaanite deity—a find characterized as ‘surprising.’ Here’s why it’s not.

Enigmatic chambers that have sparked widespread speculation and sensational interpretation—an interesting new theory posits a more mundane purpose.

As monumental of a find as the palace is, the way it was found is perhaps even more remarkable.

A Jerusalem discovery 50 years in the making

A remarkable trove of Hellenistic Period remains emerges from the region of Nahal Zohar.

Some wonderful developments have occurred in ancient Jerusalem over the past 50 years. I believe great discoveries and accomplishments are still to be made.

What was the fearsome biblical ‘leviathan’? Could it be a terrifying sea creature discovered in the sands of the Near East—a beast whose scientific name aptly translates to ‘King Lizard’?

It’s not what she’s uncovering that rankles scholarly critics—it’s that her findings confirm the biblical narrative.

When Professor Garfinkel and his team uncovered a large Davidic city at Khirbet Qeiyafa, they changed the narrative about ancient Israel’s greatest king.

Recent Israeli archaeological development corroborates biblical descriptions of King David and King Solomon.

A 12-year-old finds an ancient treasure.

Does the archaeological evidence match the conquest account?

A shipwreck discovery off Israel’s coast reveals an ancient connection with Cyprus and Sardinia.

Muslim apologists popularly cite this as “proof” of the historical accuracy of the Qur’an over the Bible. But does it stand up to scrutiny?

‘Dr. Mazar, I presume?’

The much-debated genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22 can be somewhat of a headache for Bible scholars. Is it necessarily so?

Why are humans so physically unique among the animal kingdom?

Another pillar of the late-Exodus theory, ably contested and defended. But there is more than meets the eye …

A summary of comments made at the opening of the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology on September 4 in Jerusalem