In a series of resolutions, UNESCO has threatened the future of archaeological discovery in one of the world’s most important cities.

Does a new pottery reading reveal the connection between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon?

An overview of 2021’s most egregious (and occasionally hilarious) claims of archaeology ‘disproving’ the Bible

New evidence of Persian-period administration in the Jerusalem of Ezra and Nehemiah

‘For the Redemption of Zion’

Our take on the top discoveries in 2023

Excavation update

A journey of three seal stamps, of twisted floors and belligerent Ammonites, from seventh-century b.c.e. Edom all the way to the 20th-century antiquities market

How was the world’s strongest army defeated in six weeks?

A reanalysis of two bullae calls into question the dismissal that they are forgeries.

What it’s like to volunteer on the Ophel excavation

The European Union is taking aim at archaeological excavations in the City of David.

An account of the prophet’s life—told by the tiniest artifacts.

A treasure trove of names of the prophet’s contemporaries

One of the largest-ever gold hoards discovered in Israel—by a pair of teenagers

A chronicle told by the Bible, validated by archaeology

Archaeology unearths historical fact—and proves the biblical record at the same time.

A 1,900-year-old Jewish ‘souvenir’ of a Roman legionary

The Bible provides a remarkable amount of information about King David’s sepulcher.

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