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

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.

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 …

A rare name in the Bible and archaeology (for good reason)

Does archaeology confirm these officials really existed?

Quite a lot, it turns out

Perspective from the late Dr. Herman Hoeh, an employee of our namesake—one of the theory’s most ardent early supporters

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?

‘Excitement on a level I can’t remember ever experiencing’

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.

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.

Five discoveries that caught our eye

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

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

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.