U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s family takes a productive trip to ancient Jewish caves near Na’aleh.

The finds that caught our eye

Ophel excavation yields only the third such coin ever found in Jerusalem.

Two recent discoveries highlight one of Jerusalem’s most turbulent epochs.

The founding of the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology is complete.

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

50 years after we discovered the last ones

Snapshot of the final Jewish uprising under Roman rule

The Israel Antiquities Authority’s anti-theft unit is waging its own war.

Dr. Eilat Mazar completes an archaeological journey spanning almost two centuries.

Dr. Eilat Mazar’s spectacular discovery of the Ophel treasure assemblage

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

What it’s like to volunteer on the Ophel excavation

Another find from the period of the Maccabees—right before Hanukkah

‘For the Redemption of Zion’

A lesson for us all from the Tel Dan Stele

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

A destroyed Seleucid fortress near the Lachish forest—courtesy the Hasmonean revolt

After a four-year hiatus, we recently renewed archaeological excavations on the Ophel.

The contents of a wooden box reveal a dramatic snapshot of the Maccabean Revolt.