As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and ...

Recent archaeological discoveries at two pivotal biblical sites are transforming our understanding of early Christianity's expansion across the ancient Mediterranean world. In Turkey's ancient Lystra, ...

A team of researchers have used AI to investigate the Hebrew Bible and say they've identified some of the likely authors and ...

In this often tedious but sometimes brilliant academic work, prize-winning biblical exegete Kugel (The Bible As It Was) conducts us on a grand tour of the meanings and methods of ancient biblical ...

Rebuilding the past often takes more than digging through ruins or reading faded scrolls. To truly understand ancient conflicts, scientists are turning to archaeomagnetism—a method that reads the ...

WHEN SENNACHERIB, King of Assyria, sent his army to the kingdom of Judah in 701BC, and had it destroy the city of Lachish, 43km south-west of Jerusalem, he was doing his bit for science as well. As ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient dam in Jerusalem's City of David, not far from the body of water where Jesus famously healed a blind man. Officials noted in an Aug. 30 release that the wall ...

A team of American archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of Noah’s Ark, the Daily Mail reported. Researchers working at a site in Turkey known as the Durupınar Formation uncovered a ...

The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for "The ...

Modern study of Old Testament literature / John Bright -- Biblical history in transition / George E. Mendenhall -- The Hebrew language in its Northwest Semitic background / William J. Moran -- The ...