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Biblical archaeology
Visitors at the ancient site of Tel Megiddo in the Lower Galilee in 2012. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
From the WebAugust 8, 2018, 6:29 pm
Megiddo prison makes way for new excavations at Armageddon site
Facility to be relocated after construction works expose remains of Christian prayer hall at site of biblical apocalyptic battle, Reuters reports
The gold Hellenistic-era earring unearthed in the City of David's Givati Parking Lot excavations belonged to an upper class man or woman in Jerusalem. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 8, 2018, 9:11 am
Rare 2,200-year-old earring a goldmine for scholars of Hellenistic-era Jerusalem
Gold filigree animal-headed jewelry item illuminates an opaque era of Jerusalem's history -- and may reset ancient city borders
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Remains of the Roman basilica at Sebastia in the West Bank (Ilan Ben Zion)
August 7, 2018, 8:21 pm
Palestinians jailed for trying to rob biblical archaeological site
Samaria Military Court sentences 3 men to 36 days in prison after they were caught damaging Sebastia, in northern West Bank
By Michael Bachner
The inner gate floor from the 11th-10th century BCE discovered in 2018 at the ongoing excavations at Bethsaida. (Hanan Shafir, the Bethsaida Archaeological excavations)
July 10, 2018, 8:57 pm
Ancient city gate uncovered in the Galilee may have tie to biblical King David
Site where Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and the fishes was possibly the biblical-era city Tzer, where the Bible's most famous king once claimed a bride
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Robert R. Cargill
July 8, 2018, 12:42 pm
Robert R. Cargill
How I became a true friend to Israel
I got over my blind allegiance, and now stick by Israel's side, through thick and thin.
n this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 photo, visitors look at exhibits, entitled "The House of Herod: Life and Power in the Age of the New Testament," at the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)
July 7, 2018, 4:49 pm
New Franciscan museum in Jerusalem shows life in Jesus’ time
Displays with inscriptions in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Samaritan illustrate the kaleidoscopic variety of cultures present in the Holy Land during the first centuries
By Ilan Ben Zion
Stephen Flurry, president of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmon, Oklahoma, and archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar at a reception in Jerusalem's King David Hotel on June 10, 2018. (courtesy)
June 15, 2018, 4:09 am
Why a world premiere of precious biblical artifacts is in quiet Oklahoma
Through August 19, a select few in the middle of America's vast Bible Belt can see rare First Temple objects -- that most may only ever see online
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
This photo from June 4, 2018, shows a detailed figurine of a king's head on display at the Israel Museum, dating to biblical times, and found last year near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)
June 9, 2018, 4:30 pm
King who? Rare sculpted head of mystery biblical ruler found in northern Israel
Is the monarch represented by the exquisitely preserved 3,000 year-old statue Ben Hadad or Hazael of Damascus, Ahab or Jehu of Israel, or Ithobaal of Tyre?
By Ilan Ben Zion
Sturt Manning coring an example multi-century old Juniperus phoenicea tree near Petra in southern Jordan of the type employed in the Taybet Zaman buildings. (Sturt Manning, Cornell University)
June 7, 2018, 6:20 pm
Upstart carbon dating study could force rewrite of Holy Land’s biblical timeline
Cornell University prof shows how archaeologists' data could be skewed by decades -- potentially disproving the narrative of David and Solomon's United Monarchy
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Middle East blind mole-rat or Palestine mole-rat, Nannospalax ehrenbergi or Spalax ehrenbergi. (Bassem18, CC-BY-SA, via wikipedia)
June 4, 2018, 9:59 pm
Blind, bucktoothed mole-rats just might be archaeologists’ new best friends
Israeli researchers propose a revolutionary new methodology in the field: Analyzing the mounds of dirt created by the mightily ugly, burrowing Nannospalax ehrenbergi
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
These Jewish-minted coins from Yehud, a province of semiautonomous Jewish rule under the Persian Empire, were discovered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project. (courtesy Temple Mount Sifting Project)
May 24, 2018, 8:24 pm
3 tiny, extremely rare 4th century BCE Jewish-minted coins found in Jerusalem
Struck during the Persian era, owl-inscribed 'Yehud' coins were discovered in the Temple Mount Sifting Project, doubling the number found in the Israeli capital
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The team working at the Tel 'Eton archaeological excavation in Israel's Shphelah region. (Courtesy Avraham Faust/ Tel 'Eton Archaeological Expedition)
May 14, 2018, 6:01 am
Proof of King David? Not yet. But riveting site shores up roots of Israelite era
Based on controversial carbon dating, Prof. Avraham Faust's Tel 'Eton excavation offers up startling look at a settlement formed at the foundation of the United Monarchy
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A 1951 image of the Hebrew University's Prof. Eleazar Sukenik with one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Department of Archaeology, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem - National Library of Israel, Schwadron collection)
April 19, 2018, 7:50 am
ToI asks the experts: What are the most important finds of Israeli archaeology?
From Dead Sea Scrolls to space-age tech, the dramatic history of the ever-developing field is indelibly entwined with that of the nation itself
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A pupil prepares the Sanhedrin Trail as a gift to the country on the occasion of its 70th year of independence. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 16, 2018, 12:29 pm
1,400-year-old menorah lamp, rare coin found as kids dig trail for Israel’s 70th
Galilee's new, high-tech 70 kilometer interactive ‘Sanhedrin Trail’ is blazed on paths that were walked by great Jewish thinkers 1,900 years ago
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Selavan wants to give his tours combining Jewish text and ancient artifacts at museums around the world. (Debra Nussbaum Cohen/JTA)
March 30, 2018, 9:55 pm
A tour group leader uncovers Passover secrets in the Met Museum’s Egyptian wing
Nachliel Selavan, a Jewish educator and self-taught museum guide, looks at Jewish texts and history through ancient artifacts, showing that 'the Bible doesn't exist in a vacuum'
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
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