The archaeological evidence for the battles of the judges

According to scholars from Tel Aviv University: Yes.

Evidence indicates there was an authority over Israelite metallurgy. Was it David and Solomon?

Did you know that our modern English alphabet is derived from the same one used by the ancient Israelites? (Part 3)

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

Have you heard the theory that the biblical Job built the Great Pyramid?

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 …

A chronicle told by the Bible, validated by archaeology

Just how accurate is the biblical portrayal of early clothing?

Long before Sparta’s 300, there was Gideon’s.

A study into the debate about the earliest biblical chronogenealogies, found in Genesis 5 and 11—for which early textual variants (Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan) differ dramatically. Can we know which is correct?

What to make of Ron Wyatt’s claimed discovery?

Our take on the top discoveries in 2023

How biblical authors used birds for some soaring symbolism

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

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

Get to know the artifacts that call the University of Oxford home.

We know the regnal lengths for the other kings of Israel and Judah. Why the comparative ambiguity surrounding King Saul?

‘That bitter and hasty nation’

Textual critics claim the Song of Songs is a late composition, certainly not the 10th-century b.c.e. product of King Solomon. They are wrong, says Prof. Gabriel Barkay.

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