Levant Biblical Archaeology

A 2,000-year-old mikveh found in Kiryat Gat reveals Jewish ritual purification practices and settlement extended into the seam between the Judean...

Archaeology teaching videos strengthen learning when they keep material evidence, context, and interpretive limits on screen alongside every claim.

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Zertal’s 1982–1989 excavation at Mount Ebal uncovered a rectangular structure of unhewn stones on bedrock, filled with ashes, burned animal bones...

Berith Lab’s Interactive Bible Atlas turns historical geography into a practical teaching resource for sermons and classes.

• 250+ geocoded sites and...

Archaeological finds from Building 110 include four small gold ornaments and three bronze earrings, mostly intact and deposited separately in plaster...

Numbers 15 follows Israel's darkest rebellion yet opens with God's promise that the next generation will enter the land.

• Land entry confirmed:...

• Street villages at Khirbat el-Kurum and Wadi el-Ḥaramiya followed European layouts with houses along a central road.
• Purpose-built fireplaces with...

• Biblical tensions: Snakes appear as tempters in Genesis 3 and fiery afflictors in Numbers 21, while Leviticus 11 classifies reptiles as unclean for...

The Chronicler rewrote earlier biblical texts in the fourth century BCE to address a key question: why reshape material already known to his...

• IAA teams spent two weeks exposing the 25-ton mikvah, inserting steel beams and using a 300-ton crane for safe extraction ahead of construction.
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Modern vineyards in the Judean Hills sit directly on ancient agricultural terraces cultivated for millennia, linking today's winemakers to...

古代加沙凭借地中海贸易路线，不仅吸引商人，更成为学者与哲学家交流思想的知识枢纽，拜占庭时期普罗科匹乌斯的贡献印证了其学术地位。 这视角有助于从圣经时代后的长时段理解加沙及周边的文化历史。

Notley states 100% confidence that El-Araj is Bethsaida after a decade of work, citing consistent finds since 2016 with nothing to challenge the...

A simple sandbox treasure hunt misses the point. Build layered soil in a trough to reveal stratigraphy naturally, with children discovering that lower...

Food remains position ancient Hama in Western Syria as a thriving hub on extensive trade routes from the Late Chalcolithic onward, illuminating its urban commercial role and daily economic life.

Ancient practitioners treated induced vomiting and bitterness as the meaningful core of ritual, not side effects, because they symbolized literal and...

Could natural fires have sparked Neolithic pottery in the southern Levant?

• Timing match: Intense wildfires peaked 9,500–8,200 years ago, followed...

A well-preserved tomb at Saqqara reveals the administrative world of late Fifth Dynasty Egypt through the careers of judge Yunmin and his father...

A gold ring engraved with the "good shepherd" motif—one of the earliest Christian symbols of salvation—offers direct iconographic evidence of...

Deuteronomy functions less as a law code and more as a manual for self-definition, writing “Israel” into existence by training subjects to monitor...