The gruesome discovery of four human skeletons at Tel Azekah poses questions about the final days of the Canaanite city and how those dramatic events might be related to the Read more…
Biblical Archaeology Sites
Biblical archaeology sites are historical and/or archaeological sites related to the Bible found throughout the lands of the Bible.
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The Cruel End of Canaanite Azekah
• 02/18/2019
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Where Is Sodom?
• 02/10/2019
The stories of Sodom and its destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called “cities of the plain” mentioned in Read more…
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Heavy Rains Reveal Limestone Funerary Busts Near Beth Shean, Israel
• 01/23/2019
Heavy winter rains led to the discovery of a pair of rare specimens in Israel. Read more…
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Beth Shean in the Bible and Archaeology
• 01/22/2019
Beth Shean plays an important role in the Bible following the death of King Saul and as a major Israelite administrative center. Excavations over the past century have revealed what Read more…
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Anastylosis at Machaerus, Where John the Baptist Was Beheaded
• 01/06/2019
Győző Vörös details the restoration work taking place at Machaerus—giving archaeological context to the New Testament episode featuring Princess Salome and John the Baptist. Read more…
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Machaerus: Beyond the Beheading of John the Baptist
• 01/05/2019
According to the Synoptic Gospels, Herod Antipas had John the Baptist imprisoned and killed at the request of the beautiful Salome. The historian Josephus locates the event at the eastern Read more…
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What Was Life Like for Roman Slaves?
• 01/04/2019
In the southwest of Asia Minor, at the site of Aphrodisias, Turkey, archaeology has provided insight into the lives of Roman slaves, including a man named Zoilos who earned his Read more…
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Biblical Riot at Ephesus: The Archaeological Context
• 01/04/2019
How accurate is Luke’s account of the riot at Ephesus described in Acts 19:23–41? Excavations at the site bring this Biblical event to reality in a new way—from inscriptions and Read more…
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Has the Childhood Home of Jesus Been Found?
• 12/18/2018
The childhood home of Jesus may have been found underneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Nazareth, Israel, according to archaeologist Ken Dark. Read more…
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Site-Seeing: The Hometown of Santa Claus
• 12/05/2018
Myra, hometown of St. Nicholas, is on scholar Mark Wilson’s top-ten list of Biblical sites to visit in Turkey. Read more…
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Is the Earliest Image of the Virgin Mary in the Dura-Europos Church?
• 11/30/2018
A third-century portrait of a woman drawing water from a well was uncovered in the Dura-Europos church in Syria. While this was originally interpreted as the Biblical scene of the Read more…
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The Nicea Church: Where Did the Council of Nicea Meet?
• 11/02/2018
Off the shores of Nicea, archaeologists have uncovered a basilica, which stands over what appears to be an earlier church. Could this church be where the famous Council of Nicea Read more…
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The Church of Laodicea in the Bible and Archaeology
• 10/21/2018
Laodicea was a wealthy city in western Turkey that flourished for centuries. Why does the author of the Book of Revelation call the church of Laodicea “lukewarm”—neither hot nor cold? Read more…
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Where Is Biblical Bethsaida?
• 10/20/2018
The ancient village of Bethsaida frequently mentioned in the Gospels is believed to be located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, but where precisely the abandoned city Read more…
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Baptismal Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
• 09/29/2018
In 2015, UNESCO added the archaeological complex at Al-Maghtas, Jordan—called the Biblical “Bethany beyond the Jordan”—to its World Heritage List. Another tradition places the baptismal site on the west bank Read more…
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Wilderness Wanderings: Where is Kadesh?
• 09/26/2018
According to the Bible, the Israelites stayed at a place called Kadesh-Barnea following their Exodus from Egypt and wanderings through the desert. Where is Kadesh-Barnea? Read more…
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Tel Maresha Caves Reveal Hellenistic Treasures
• 09/18/2018
Recent excavations shed further light on how ancient peoples used the subterranean cave complexes at Tel Maresha. Read more…
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Tel Maresha Caves Reveal Lost World of the Idumeans
• 09/16/2018
Tel Maresha, located in the Judean foothills southwest of Jerusalem, exists on two levels—one a typical Hellenistic town; the other a subterranean metropolis of cave complexes. Read more…
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Carchemish in the Bible and History
• 09/02/2018
Carchemish was an important Hittite fortress and provincial capital located on the west bank of the Euphrates River. Read more…
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New Excavations at Tel Shimron
• 08/27/2018
For the first time ever, excavations have begun at Tel Shimron, the largest archaeological site in Israel’s Jezreel Valley. Read more…
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Masada Dig Reveals a Pleasure-Garden at King Herod’s Palace
• 08/20/2018
Masada—the remote mountain-plateau in the Judean Desert, where Herod built a palace-fortress and where Jewish Zealots made their last stand against the Romans—is being excavated once again. Read more…
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The Masada Siege
• 08/19/2018
What do we know about the Roman siege of Masada? We must consider both the account given by Josephus and the surviving archaeological evidence in order to reconstruct what happened. Read more…
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Canaanite Fortress Discovered in the City of David
• 08/02/2018
Excavations around the Gihon Spring in the City of David uncovered a massive 3,800-year-old fortress. Read more…
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Huqoq Mosaic Depicts Israelite Spies from Numbers 13
• 07/12/2018
The 2018 season of excavation at a Late Roman synagogue at Huqoq revealed more fascinating mosaics, including one referencing Numbers 13:23. Read more…
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A Biblical Altar on Mt. Ebal and Other Israelite Footprints in the Jordan Valley?
• 06/24/2018
Foot-shaped sites have been found throughout the Jordan Valley, including an extraordinary cultic site on Mt. Ebal. Is this the Israelite altar described in Joshua 8? Were these foot-shaped enclosures Read more…
