The Book & The Spade

29/08/2024

One square closes, another opens.

29/08/2024

19/08/2024

One of the most important sites of biblical archaeological history.

This is Megiddo from the west. The big hole in the foreground is the Israelite water system. The gate area is on the left side, and the Early Bronze temples are on the far side.

16/08/2024

More details on excavation nuts and bolts...

14/08/2024

An important part of the excavation process.

05/08/2024

A good follow-up to the interviews we did earlier this spring on Roman roads.

Few Roman roads have been well-preserved over the years, but this one near Assos in western Turkey can be traced at great length.

22/07/2024

The new IAA facility in Jerusalem is still a year or two from completion, but already this summer there are tours (in Hebrew) for families and others.

21/07/2024

More information just released on last year's top story in biblical archaeology:

 Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a monumental defensive system in Jerusalem's City of David, resolving a 150-year-old enigma surrounding the ancient city's northern fortifications. The impressive structure, featuring a deep, wide trench carved into bedrock, effectively split Jerusalem

20/07/2024

12/07/2024

This statue of a Canaanite ruler discovered at Hazor had his head lopped off in antiquity. One theory is that the invading Israelites did it.

09/07/2024

An archaeological tour of the City of David:

Part 2 in a series

06/07/2024

Looking forward to my annual interview with Scott Stripling on the Shiloh excavation. In the meantime, there's this...

Dr. Scott Stripling updates CBN News on the ongoing excavation at ancient Shiloh in biblical Samaria. The dig is uncovering the site of the Tabernacle, the H...

05/07/2024

23/06/2024

More on this exciting discovery.

An ancient shipwreck lost in deep waters has yielded its first clues: amphorae from a lost age of international trade and civilization

22/06/2024

More on the Bronze Age shipwreck.

About a mile beneath the sea, the ship suggests that trade in the eastern Mediterranean Sea traveled much farther from the safety of land.

21/06/2024

incredible discovery, one of the top archeological finds of the year

27/05/2024

A child's ring

11/05/2024

This is a good graphic to go with our recent series on Roman roads in Israel and Italy.

Ancient Roman roads were remarkable feats of engineering, crucial for the expansion and maintenance of the Roman Empire. They facilitated military movements, trade, and cultural exchange across vast distances. These roads were expertly constructed with layers of materials for durability, and many routes still exist today. They played a key role in Rome's famous saying, "All roads lead to Rome," illustrating the centrality of the city in the ancient world.

03/05/2024

This looks like kind of a big deal.

30/04/2024

Biblical minimalists have second thoughts about the history of Jerusalem, with new evidence:

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29/04/2024

When Abram traveled to Egypt, he lied about his wife and the Pharaoh took Sarai into his palace (Gen 12:13-15). This funerary stela from Egypt dates approximately to the time of Abram's visit and depicts a man and his wife.

28/04/2024

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18/04/2024

This is quite amazing, a new wrinkle in ancient ticketing.

17/04/2024

This too is archaeology.