2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1403+ words) Welcome to the 2026 Ophel excavation—a joint project of the Institute of Archaeology of Hebrew University and the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology. August 5: Lots of Cleaning Some more interesting discoveries emerged over the past two days, as we draw…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (436+ words) When people lose jewelry, keys or other objects on an Ashdod beach, Avi Chaprak, deputy director of the Ashdod Beaches Department, usually helps residents find them. During one particular search, he noticed a 2,500-year-old ancient coin—the first of its…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (303+ words) Judean Pillar Figurines—figurines depicting females with prominent hairstyles and busts—are a common find of the late First Temple Period, with numerous examples found in excavations in Jerusalem and Judah (including in our own ongoing excavations). Much more elusive…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (565+ words) Tisha B’Av Time Capsule: First Temple Period Destruction Unearthed in City of David Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Tisha B’Av Time Capsule: First Temple Period Destruction Unearthed in City of David Tisha B’Av, the ninth of the Hebrew month Av,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (171+ words) Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Interview: Has the Queen of Sheba Been Found? The Queen of Sheba is a mysterious figure mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament, as well as in the Qur’an. In…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (483+ words) Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology The Attack on the British Museum and Biblical Archaeology “Ancient Israel and Judah” are now such controversial topics that you cannot safely host a talk about them in central London. This was the title of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (115+ words) Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology Discovering the Seal Impressions of the Prophet Jeremiah’s Captors Set during the turbulent final decades leading up to the sacking and destruction of Jerusalem, the book of Jeremiah is an epic story of intransigence, contention…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (282+ words) Although the tower at Poriya is in ruins, we know it would have originally had a diameter of 19 meters and consisted of three concentric circular walls. It was situated along an ancient road that runs north to south. Due to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (131+ words) A brand new inscription from Lachish, discovered just last year and published in a recent Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology article, reveals the use of word šalit in the Levant as early as 3,200 years ago, at the end of the Late…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (376+ words) “And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. And Joseph was the governor [šalit] over the land” (Genesis 42:5-6). Nevertheless, šalit has at least been generally recognized as…...