Archaeology

10. Beit Shemesh idol head 9. Horvat Kur Byzantine menorah mosaic 8. The site of Herod’s palace 7. Iron Age gate at Gath 6. Rare 3,000-Year-Old seal from Jerusalem found in Temple Mount sifted dirt 5. Eshba’al name found at Khirbet Qeiyafa… CT

“[T]his is the most ancient scroll from the five books of the Hebrew Bible to be found since the Dead Sea scrolls, most of which are ascribed to the end of the Second Temple period (first century BCE-first century CE)” Tablet

“The Lower Aqueduct was originally built more than 2,000 years ago by kings in the Hasmonean dynasty, who ruled Judea and its surrounding regions from about 140 B.C. to 37 B.C., and preceded King Herod the Great.”

Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World

Herod the Great’s Israel

Jesus’ House? 1st-Century Structure May Be Where He Grew Up

Ancient ‘moon god’ monument unearthed in Israel

Searching for Sodom

“[D]iscoveries made in 2013 have given us new information about biblical events and people.” CT