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Jul 27 Blog

Missing Wall of Biblical Jerusalem Discovered

Eastern section of Jerusalem’s Iron Age wall has been discovered.. It was uncovered in the City of David Archaeological Park, a short distance from the Temple Mount.

Jan 26 Blog

Bronze Age Fortifications Discovered in Northwest Arabia

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

An international team in the Khaybar oasis has uncovered one of the most extensive Bronze Age fortifications ever discovered in Saudi Arabia. Dated to the […]

Dec 11 Blog

Jerusalem’s Iron Age Moat Discovered

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations in the City of David have revealed a fascinating feature of Iron Age Jerusalem’s urban landscape—a massive rock-cut moat. Separating the northern and southern […]

Jul 3 Blog

Defending Against Sennacherib at Tel Burna

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

With the looming threat of Sennacherib’s invasion at the very end of the eighth century BCE, the people of Tel Burna, a site located in […]

Jan 27 Blog

Jerusalem’s Medieval Moat

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) continue to provide evidence of Jerusalem’s power and defensibility throughout history, with excavations along Sultan Suleiman Street revealing […]

Feb 11 Blog

Five Ways to Defend an Ancient City

By: Oded Borowski

Fortifications in the Biblical World What distinguished an ancient village or town from a city? One thing, perhaps the most important, was fortifications. […]

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