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

Archaeological proof of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem

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?

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 …

Does archaeology confirm these officials really existed?

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

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

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

Quite a lot, it turns out

The finds that caught our eye

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

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

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

Is this the earliest reference to the tribe of Judah?

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

Investigating the people Israel encountered in the Promised Land

The biblical text provides a detailed account of Judah’s early sixth-century B.C.E. destruction. What does archaeology tell us?