The black basalt ruins of the Iron Age temple discovered at ’Ain Dara in northern Syria offer the closest known parallel to the Temple of King Solomon in the Bible.

In 1887 a Bedouin woman searching among ancient ruins near the Nile River discovered some inscribed clay tablets. This site, located 200 miles south of Cairo, was later named el-Amarna, and the tablets became known as the Amarna tablets or Amarna letters. Scholars have determined that these Amarna letters came from the royal archive of Pharaoh Akhe [..]

Ancient artifacts are manmade objects often found during archaeological excavation. Ancient Biblical artifacts are artifacts that make a contribution to our understanding of the Bible and/or the historicity of Biblical events.

Ancient Biblical manuscripts are handwritten copies of Biblical texts from antiquity. Examples include the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Codex Vaticanus, the Codex Sinaiticus, the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex.

Ancient Israelite religion refers to the religious practices and beliefs of the people of Israel during the Biblical period, especially from the Iron Age to the Persian period.

Jerusalem, the capital of ancient (and modern) Israel, is the epicenter of Biblical archaeology. Almost every time someone digs in the Holy City, some new and exciting clue about the history of ancient Jerusalem is revealed.

Historical objects from antiquity, particularly from classical Greece, Rome, Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East.

Archaeologist discoveries (or archaeology discoveries) are artifacts, ruins and other material remains uncovered during archaeological excavations.

Archaeology discoveries (or archaeologist discoveries) are artifacts, ruins and other material remains uncovered during archaeological excavations.

For as long as there have been Biblical texts, there have been Bible hermeneutics, or Bible interpretations. The hermeneutics of the Bible are the many ways people approach and understand the Bible.