The newly discovered, exceptionally rare inscription of an exceptionally common name

A peculiar inscription matching the name of one of Israel’s most famous prophets

A dramatic numismatic snapshot of Byzantine history (including a veritable “time lapse” of the maturation of the empire’s princes!)

Rare First Temple period seal impression provides first proof of one of King Josiah’s aides.

Archaeological proof of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem

The slab fragment might not be much to look at. But even in fragmentary form, it shows that Judah’s kings also had ‘monumental’-style inscriptions …

Quite a lot, it turns out

The finds that caught our eye

Another exciting clay seal impression has been found in First Temple period Jerusalem.

If so, what was he doing in the east Sinai outpost of Kuntillet Ajrud?

Findings from a new corpus of Jerusalem’s Iron Age II/First Temple Period inscriptions

A compelling new study shows Jerusalem at the time of David and Solomon was more a bustling city than a quiet village.

Five discoveries that caught our eye

Is this the earliest reference to the tribe of Judah?

First it was King Hezekiah, then Isaiah the prophet. Now evidence has been discovered of another royal official from the same time period.

A revolutionary artifact with several lines of text ‘centuries older than any known Hebrew inscription from Israel’—and paralleling several scriptures regarding Israel’s entry into Canaan

Some colorful highlights from the inaugural “International Academic Conference on New Studies in Temple Mount Research”

Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men

Investigating the people Israel encountered in the Promised Land

Artifacts that all but identify biblical personalities

Before there was Samson, there was Shamgar: The archaeological evidence for the battles of the judges.

Beneath an otherwise seemingly obvious biblical passage lies a much more sinister meaning, as revealed by archaeology.

2,500 years after his reign, a handful of archaeological discoveries bring this biblical governor of Samaria back to life.