The Top 10 Biblical Archaeology stories of 2023
TB&TS: The Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Stories of 2022
TB&TS: The Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Stories of 2021
The recovery of some rare ancient coins:
Somehow the AI Hebrew to English translation didn't come through on this video - apologies.
Anyone can be an archaeologist for a day. Intriguing discoveries are waiting to be found and shared.
Antiquities thieves lead archaeologists to first century stone vessel factory just outside Jerusalem
To celebrate Hanukkah in 2025, this announcement:
Breaking news from the City of David - An Assyrian inscription from the First Temple period
An impressive Hasmonean Wall found under the remains of Herod's Palace (modern name Tower of David).
Canaanite remains from 5,000 years ago found near Tel Megiddo:
The beautiful Huqoq synagogue excavation we've covered over the past several decades
is only part of the excavation history of this site, soon to be welcoming visitors.
A rich resource of Israel's biblical archaeology is now available to everyone:
A majestic Samaritan mosaic with beautiful mosaics just unveiled:
Lamps recovered with fossilized wicks from 2000 BC
A small coin with a big history from the Hellenistic period.
A rare coin from Israel's history discovered at a dramatic moment:
An ancient blade manufacturing workshop being excavated at Kiryat Gat:
Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? New information on dating the scrolls
A rare and spectacular Roman sarcophagus has been restored after discovery at Caesarea
A spectacular 1600-year old mosaic recovered and restored:
A gold ring discovered in Jerusalem:
A pyramid in the Judean Desert / A Hasmonean Fortress
A new archaeological exhibit at Ben Gurion airport
that goes deep into the history of Israel and its recovery.
Trade caravans crossed the Negev Desert, carrying myrrh and spices from Yemen
A Hanukkah miracle: an oil lamp
A new settlement discovered near Beit Guvrin, dating back 1,000 years before the time of Abraham:
Sennacherib's military campaign and the economy of the Kingdom of Judah
Archaeologists are finding more and more clay seal impressions (bullae)
and occasionally a seal itself, tiny works of art, like this beauty:
New discoveries from a drainage channel under a 2000-year-old street
The discovery of a defensive moat gives a completely new picture of the defenses of Iron-Age Jerusalem,
and possibly the Bronze-Age Canaanite city before that.
The oldest and deepest ship ever discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean: 3300 years old
You don't find gold every day when you're digging in Jerusalem. But some days you do.
Another ring found on Mt. Carmel
Redating Jerusalem history with more accurate scientific tools:
A rare ivory vessel from the Chalcolithic, 2,000 years before Abraham
Huqoq, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, reveals an underground complex from the Bar Kokhba period.
Rare coins found in the Judean desert and an invitation to join the search:
A Roman Army camp is being excavated next to Tel Megiddo:
An extremely rare coin from 2550 years ago, shortly after coinage was invented:
A Hanukkah story: Roof tiles from Helenistic Jerusalem
Wars and rumors of wars, archaeologically traced back to 7000 BC
IAA archaeologists are enlisted to help identify the remains in burnt houses in the communities around Gaza
Not Dead Sea Scrolls, but Dead Sea swords, from desert caves
A museum-quality artifact from the Hellenistic period
An archaeological mystery discovered in the oldest part of Jerusalem:
Pure gold discovered in the heart of Jerusalem
An amazing discovery linked to biblical texts including condemnations by the prophet Amos.
CBS News Video: The continuing discoveries of first century Roman life at Pompeii.
BBC Video: Armageddon: The ancient city behind the biblical story
BBC Video: A chance find, an ivory comb, gives us new information on the development of the alphabet.
What would it be like to follow the patriarch Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans to the Promised Land?
Joel Kramer of Expedition Bible decided to give it a try.
Expedition Bible takes another look at the Amarna Letters - do they actually fit into the Old Testament?
Expedition Bible visits the archaeological history of Capernaum, where Jesus lived and ministered.
"The problem of Ai" has existed in biblical archaeology for the past several decades.
Joel Kramer has taken another look at the problem, and re-excavated the prime candidate for the biblical site.
Not surprisingly, other archaeologists don't agree on Ai.
Expedition Bible goes to Egypt
An archaeological look at Golgotha - the Tomb of Jesus
Which site is the real site?
An archaeological dispute in the archaeology of Shechem
and a stone mentioned in the Bible:
How we KNOW the dates of the Old Testament:
Traveling to Nineveh
The Archaeology of the Temple Mount
The archaeological history of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Bible scholars continue to debate whether the Exodus was earlier or later. In this video
Joel Kramer makes a compelling case for the veracity of the Bible and the early date of the Exodus:
One of the greatest biblical archaeology discoveries since the Dead Sea Scrolls
Is This Where Jesus Was Tried by Pontius Pilate?
Joel Kramer's Expediton Bible YouTube Channel
JERUSALEM VIDEO FROM TRAVEL PARTNER JOHN DELANCEY:
The Pilgrim Road, walked by Jesus and his disciples (and thousands of other pilgrims in the first century)
is now open for modern pilgrims to walk between the Pool of Siloam and the Temple Mount.
This is amazing. Through most of the 20th century any work of restoration and research
within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was impossible due to the conflicting branches
of Christianity protecting their fiefdoms within the building.
In recent years that has changed and some incredible archaeology has taken place.
Here is a report from The Christian Media Center on the work of La Sapienza University of Rome.
A recently posted video tells the story of the Temple Mount Sifting Project
The world's first archaeologist? From the time of Alexander the Great?
An amazing tale of excavation and re-excavation going back to the world's oldest civilization, before the time of Abraham.
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