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Archaeology
Sites, inscriptions and finds that touch the biblical world.
Articles
Archaeology
Is this Noah’s Ark? What the Durupınar evidence shows so far
Radar scans, deep drilling and a thousand soil samples have put a boat-shaped formation in eastern Turkey back in the headlines. Here is what has actually been found, what hasn’t, and what would settle it.
Archaeology
What the Tel Dan Stele does — and doesn’t — tell us about the House of David
A careful reading of one of the most cited inscriptions in biblical archaeology, separating what the stone says from what has been claimed about it.
Dispatches, video and claims
- Dispatch
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.
- Dispatch
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.
- Dispatch
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.
- Claims Examined
King David is a legend with no evidence.
For years some scholars doubted David existed. Then a broken stone turned up at Tel Dan.
- Claims Examined
Jericho’s walls fell just as Joshua describes.
Jericho’s walls really did collapse. The fight is over when.
- Claims Examined
Scientists have found Noah’s Ark.
New radar scans and soil samples at Turkey’s Durupınar formation have revived the question. What do we actually know?
- Claims Examined
The Tel Dan Stele refers to the “House of David.”
Does a ninth-century BC inscription really name David’s dynasty?
- Claims Examined
The Exodus can be firmly dated to 1446 BC.
An early date and a late date both have serious defenders.