Nebuchadnezzar ii is one of the most infamous kings of the Bible. He is particularly known for the destruction of Jerusalem in the sixth century b.c.e., and for his relationship with the Prophet ...

It’s a classic question in biblical archaeology: Can this biblical individual be verified through archaeological means? And the past two centuries of archaeological discovery have yielded up an ...

Discovered nearly 150 years ago, the Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most important archaeological testimonies to the legacy of ...

The added detail of “21st century” is important here—because these add to a corpus of more than 30,000 known Hittite tablets ...

In summer 2025, Celtic Throne became the first major international show to tour Israel since Oct. 7, 2023. The troupe, which includes children and teenagers, didn’t come despite the war in Gaza. It ...

According to excavation directors Dr. Benyamin Storchan and Gil Freid, the Lower Aqueduct was an “impressive engineering ...

The story of the Israelites in Egypt and the Exodus is, of course, best known from the biblical account—chiefly, the Torah (Pentateuch), the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, ascribed by text and ...

Here in Israel, the book of Esther is on people’s minds at this time of year as they celebrate Purim, the holiday marking the saving of the Persian Jews from a genocide led by the wicked Haman (Esther ...

The Hebrew calendar is extremely regulated and accurate. Divine and detailed biblical instructions are given for determining months and precisely pinpointing dates, especially for the holy days. The ...

“And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land wither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. … ...