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Iron Age Jerusalem’s administrative district just south of the ancient Temple Mount. Yaeir Z, Courtesy of the City of David Archive

Apr 11 Blog

Biblical “Chamber” Identified in Jerusalem?

The magnificent structure recently excavated in the City of David was unique in Jerusalem’s ancient landscape during the closing centuries of the Iron Age. Destroyed […]

Aug 29 Blog

First Temple Cheating Weight

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A First Temple cheating weight was found at City of David, dating from Iron Age Jerusalem. The 2,700-year-old stone is four times as heavy as its markings indicate. There were several admonitions against cheating in this manner, in the Bible.

Jun 2 Blog

Did Biblical Kings Have Dysentery?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

It is not shocking to learn that ancient hygiene did not live up to modern standards. But new archaeological evidence from Jerusalem suggests that personal […]

Relief of siege ramp from Nineveh palace

Jan 28 Blog

Sennacherib’s Siege of Lachish

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Perhaps no event recorded in the Hebrew Bible is better supported by archaeology and external evidence than Sennacherib’s siege of Lachish in 701 B.C.E. The […]

Jan 10 Blog

Clay Seals Give Clues to Wealth of Biblical Jerusalem

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A new study, published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, has examined fresh evidence of the treasuries and storehouses of Jerusalem during the First Temple […]

Dec 10 Blog

Iron Age Judahite Fortress to be Restored

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

An Iron Age Judahite fortress sits on a small hill, surrounded by modern apartment buildings. The 2,700-year-old fortress is located in the French Hill neighborhood […]

Oct 8 Blog

A Toilet Fit for a King?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While carrying out excavations on a 2,700-year-old palatial estate in Jerusalem, a team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority came across a surprising and […]

Oct 15 Blog

Iron Age Weight Found near Temple Mount

By: Jonathan Laden

An Iron Age weight was discovered in the rubble and dirt from the fills beneath Wilson’s Arch by the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The weight […]

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