In this often tedious but sometimes brilliant academic work, prize-winning biblical exegete Kugel (The Bible As It Was) conducts us on a grand tour of the meanings and methods of ancient biblical ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Israel has unearthed a 5,500-year-old factory, unraveling a long-standing biblical mystery. This find provides new insights into ancient manufacturing practices ...

A biblical account of an ancient Egyptian military campaign against Israel has been verified using a novel archaeological approach based on reconstructing the Earth's geomagnetic field from points in ...

“House of David.” In this short phrase, inscribed on a basalt stele discovered in northern Israel in 1993, a long-standing ...

It transforms how we understand ancient history and deepens our grasp of Earth's geomagnetic complexities. As researchers refine this dating method and explore its applications, they are not only ...

From Christ’s ‘city on a hill’ to the ‘pilgrim’s road’ from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount, archaeological endeavors in Israel hold historical promise for contemporary believers. Visitors will ...

Ritual artifacts belonging to the Canaanites, an ancient people referenced in the Old Testament, were recently found in Israel — along with a 5,000-year-old winepress. The Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Archaeologists have always worked to connect the stories in ancient texts with what lies buried underground. These efforts often involve piecing together fragile remains, one layer at a time, to ...

Our knowledge of ancient literature comes to us through the hands of scribes. The works of Aristotle, Galen and Ptolemy survived only because generations of copyists reproduced them by hand. But ...

New analysis of an ancient Levantine artifact may have revealed a reference to a key figure of the Old Testament of the Bible. Two French scholars say they’ve identified a reference to the “House of ...

Pew Research reveals a paradox: while interest in Christianity may be rising, only 22% of Americans read the Bible weekly and 61% rarely or never read it, often stumped by its unfamiliar genealogies ...