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

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 …

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

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

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.

Quite a lot, it turns out

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

Does archaeology confirm these officials really existed?

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

The finds that caught our eye

Artifacts that all but identify biblical personalities

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

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

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.