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Short, sourced briefs on new discoveries, publications and claims making the rounds.
- Scholarship
A standing stone laid on its side may show Hezekiah’s reform reached Judah’s homes
At Tel ‘Eton, a 750-kilogram cultic pillar was carefully decommissioned, not smashed, before the Assyrians destroyed the town.
- Excavation news
Shiloh dig uncovers more of a tabernacle-sized building and jars of burned grain
The 2026 season at the site where Joshua set up the tabernacle adds a wall, gate defenses and a destruction layer to date.
- Excavation news
Charred roof beams from Babylon’s burning of Jerusalem found in the City of David
Melted plaster sealed the timbers when the roof collapsed in 586 BC. Their tree rings may date the destruction more tightly than ever.