Top 2025 Programs
Follow this link to read my 2026 story for Christianity Today that summarizes the following research:
Doron Spielman interview on the City of David Scott Stripling interview on David's Tabernacle
#1935 ||
#1936
Bethsaida Archaeology on the Galilee Shore with Achia Kohn-Tavor
"The Ivory Comb of Lachish and the Alphabet" with Michael Hasel and Yosef Garfinkel
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When the Stones Speak by Doron Spielman, published by Center Street
VIDEO PERSPECTIVES ON THE GIHON SPRING CULTIC CENTER DISCOVERY:
The Israel Antiquities Authority announcement of this cultic installation near the Gihon Spring
Scott Stripling's visit to the newly announced site being called David's Tabernacle
NOVEMBER 2025:
A longer version with Jim Scudder, Doron Spielman, Ze'ev Orenstein, Eli Shukron, and Scott Stripling
2020:
CBN News had a sneak preview with Eli Shukron of this discovery 5 years earlier.
A 2025 fire revealed an ancient Roman city.
part 1 #1959 ||part 2 #1960
A video tour with Achia Kohn-Tavor at the El Araj (Bethsaida) excavation site - summarizing ten seasons of excavation.
Boy Jesus - The Archaeological Record - Joan Taylor
Part 1 - #1952 ||
Part 2 - #1953 ||
Part 3 - #1954
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"Not the Little Town of Bethlehem" ||
#1974 -
"Women in the Early Church at Megiddo"
Archaeology Interupted - Jamie Fraser #1950
My Archaeology Interupted 2025 story for Christianity Today
Tel Shiloh 2025 - Scott Stripling
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Tel Shikhin 2025 - James Strange
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Abila 2025 - David Vila
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The Albright @ 100 with Jamie Fraser
2025 Easter Report Series: The Shroud of Turin
Michael Kowalsky, British Society for the Turin Shroud #1940 - part 1 || #1941 - part 2
Barrie Schwortz "The Shroud of Turin 2004-" #1937-part 1 ||
#1938-part 2|| #1939-part 3
Shroud.com
UPDATE: 2025 video by Gary Habermas on shroud research
The Megiddo Mosaic
Museum of the Bible Exhibit
The Megiddo Mosaic - freed from prison - my story for Christianity Today
Background interviews:
"Megiddo Mosaic at the Museum of the Bible" with Bobby Duke #1917 - part 1 || #1918 - part 2
"Why is the Megiddo Mosaic Important?" with Christopher Rollston #1922 - part 1 || #1925 - part 2
"How the Megiddo Mosaic Got From Israel to Washington DC" with Jeffrey Kloha #1926
#1930 -
part 1 || #1931 -
- part 2"
Special Assignment: Reassessing King David
Archaeological research has shown that the biblical account of King David is more accurate
than many archaeologists and Bible scholars have supposed in recent years.
My story for Christianity Today is in the July/August 2023 issue:
How Archaeology Affirmed the Historic Stature of a Biblical King
Details for the story come from the following programs:
part 1 with Michael Hasel - #1839 || part 2 with Michael Hasel - #1840
part 3 with Kyle Keimer - #1841||
part 4 with Dan Pioske - #1842
Special Assignment: Seals, Seal Impressions and
Wet Sifting:
#1782 - Our award-winning "Documentary Report - The Wet Sifting Revolution"
Winner of a Sevareid award from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Christianity Today version of this story:
How Archaeologists Are Finding the Signatures of Bible Kings, Ancient Villains, and Maybe a Prophet
Wet sifting brings us closer than ever to the world of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Hezekiah.
Top 2024 Programs
#1924 -
"Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Stories of 2024"
My Top 10 Story for Christianity Today
"Excavating Tel Shiloh 2024" with Scott Stripling
#1906 -
part 1 || #1907 -
part 2
"Excavating Tel Burna 2024" with Steve Ortiz
#1904 -
part 1 || #1905 -
part 2
"The Lost World of the Unseen Realm - The Biblical Backgrounds of John Walton and Michael Heiser"
#1902 - part 1 || #1903 - part 2"
John Walton
2011 interview on The Lost World of Genesis 1:
#1276 - part 1 || #1277 - part 2
The Lost World series of books by John Walton
Michael Heiser: The Unseen Realm, Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible
The Naked Bible podcast
1177BC Bronze Age Collapse Reimagined
1896-part 1- Eric Cline || 1897-part 2-Eric Cline ||
#1898-part 3-Glynnis Fawkes
Eric Cline books mentioned in this interview
Trailer for the new book by Eric Cline and Glynnis Fawkes:
Another new book: Jodi Magness - "Jerusalem Through the Ages":
#1893 - part 1" || #1894 -
part 2 || #1895 - part 3
Jerusalem Through the Ages - the book published by Oxford University Press
Jerusalem The Movie referenced in this interview: trailer #1 — trailer #2
Roman Roads
Roman Roads in Israel with Israeli journalist Moshe Gilad
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#1892
"With Paul on the Appian Way" featuring Glen Thompson
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In This Way We Came to Rome: With Paul on the Appian Way by Glen Thompson and Mark Wilson/Lexham Press
Top 2023 Programs
"Excavating the Land of Jesus" with James R. Strange #1874 - part 1 ||#1875 - part 2
"Excavating Tel Shimron - 2023" with Jordan Ryan #1866 - part 1 ||#1867 - part 2
"Excavating Tel Shiloh - 2023" with Scott Stripling #1860 - part 1 ||#1861 - part 2
"Excavating Pompeii - 2023" with Jordan Rogers #1858 - part 1 ||#1859 - part 2
Here's a BBC report on what else happened at Pompeii in 2023.
"Excavating Hyrcania 2023" with William Hild #1857
Israel's i24 News reported on this excavation:
The Ashmolean Museum with James Greig #1877 -
part 1 || #1878 - part 2"
More on the Bible and the Ashmolean at
James Greig's website
"The Historicity of Moses" with Mark Janzen #1855 - part 1 ||#1856 - part 2
Mentioned in this interview:
On Script Biblical World podcast || Five Views of the Exodus book
Mark's article on The Historicity of Moses is featured in the Summer 2023 issue of ARTIFAX,
our biblical archaeology newsmagazine.
"James Ossuary-2023 Update" - with Bryan Windle
#1849 - part 1" ||
#1850 -
part 2"
Bryan's report on the James Ossuary at his Bible Archaeology Report blog.
James Ossuary background: This sensational artifact that surfaced just after the turn of the century caused much controversy,
and has now quietly returned to the home of an antiquities collector. Video from The Times of Israel
"The Vesuvius Challenge" - with Brent Seales
#1847 - part 1" ||
#1848 -
part 2"
Here's the challenge website.
The challenge worked-here's the story
University of Kentucky video showing the context and history of the Vesuvius Challenge
#1880 -
"Vesuvius Challenge Update" with Brent Seales
Jodi Magness interviews:
#1773 -
"The Archaeology of Engedi"
#1774 -
"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls"
#1775 -
"The Archaeology of Galilean Synagogues and Jerusalem"
"Jerusalem Through the Ages":
#1893 - part 1" || #1894 -
part 2 || #1895 - part 3
Jerusalem Through the Ages - the book published by Oxford University Press
Jerusalem The Movie referenced in this interview: trailer #1 — trailer #2
40 Years of Biblical Archaeology Reporting
Celebrated during a February 2023 live webinar, with special guest, archaeologist Scott Stripling
#1843-part 1 || #1844-part 2 || #1845-part 3 || #1846-part 4
Memorable interviews with top scholars:
#1814 -
"40 Years of Archives-The Beginning" with Menahem Mansoor
#1815 -
"40 Years of Archives-The Dead Sea Scrolls-A Special Report"
Featuring John Trever, William F. Albright, Yigael Yadin, Roland DeVaux and others
#1817 -
"40 Years of Archives-Tel Aphek 1978-Where it all Began" with Moshe Kochavi
#1822 -
"40 Years of Archives-At the Gate of Tel Dan" with Avraham Biran and Keith Schoville
#1823 -
"40 Years of Archives-The House of David Inscription" with Avraham Biran
#1834 - "40 Years of Archives-The Demise of Biblical Archaeology" with William Dever
#1835 - "40 Years of Archives-Where is the Archive of Hazor?" with Amnon Ben-Tor
#1868 ||
#1869 "40 Years of Archives-Byzantine Christianity in Israel" with Dennis Groh
#1870 - "40 Years of Archives-The House of David Inscription" with Anson Rainey
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#1438 || #1439 40 Years of Archives- Music of the Bible -
San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble
#1876 - "40 Years of Archives-Josephus"|| #1887 - "40 Years of Archives-Eusebius church historiah with Paul Maier
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"Excavating the Giza Plateau" with Mark Lehner
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"The Cave of John the Baptist" ||
#1914 -
"Bedouins and The Seasons of Tulul" with Egon Lass
#1927 -
"40 Years of Archives-What Language Did Jesus Speak?" with Michael Wise (2002)
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"Three Stones Make a Wall" with Eric Cline
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Nazareth Village||#1971 -
Writing Instruments with Stephen Pfann
#1981 - part 1 ||
#1982 - part 2
"Biblical Turkey" with Mark Wilson
Genesis Focus
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"40 Years of Archives: A Genesis River in the Arabian Desert" with space scientist Farouk El-Baz
Joel Kramer travels to Saudi Arabia in search of THAT SAME RIVER!
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