Ancient Israel

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

The traditional view of the biblical Philistines sees them as an organized and powerful force that moved in and conquered part of the southern Levant […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

When envisioning the agricultural produce of the Holy Land, sugar is not what comes to most people’s minds, but for much of the Middle Ages, […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While not as monumental as the pyramids of ancient Egypt, tombs and burials are often among the most visible archaeological features of an ancient society. […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

For the first time, a fragment of a cuneiform inscription from the First Temple period (c. 1000–586 BCE) has been excavated in Jerusalem. The inscription, […]

By: Clinton J. Moyer

In the late eighth century BCE, the Assyrian Empire conducted a series of military campaigns that devastated the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The onslaught drove […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists have long suspected that an ancient synagogue lay beneath the ruins of an abandoned village in the western Golan. Now, they have finally found […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

The metal detector chirped as archaeological volunteer Edie Lipsman passed it by a large stone. Although no one knew in that moment what Lipsman had […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered two large administrative buildings in the Mordot Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem. Constructed one on top of […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Early eighth-century BCE Megiddo is famous for two massive stable complexes, thought by early excavators to be the stables of Solomon. Covering a large portion […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations in an underground complex at the site of Huqoq in the Galilee revealed a surprising find: a bronze coin hoard dating to the Gallus […]