Archaeology
Excavated discoveries that touch the biblical record.
7 entries
- eventDead Sea Scrolls
Nearly a thousand ancient Jewish manuscripts found in the caves of Qumran from 1947 onward, including the oldest known copies of most Old Te…
- eventPilate Stone
A limestone block discovered at Caesarea Maritima in 1961, inscribed with the name of "Pontius Pilatus, prefect of Judea" — the only contemp…
- eventTel Dan Stele
A ninth-century-BC Aramaic inscription found at Tel Dan in 1993 — the first extra-biblical mention of the "House of David."
- eventSennacherib's Prism
A clay prism from Nineveh, c. 690 BC, on which the Assyrian king records his siege of Jerusalem — and, conspicuously, his failure to take it…
- eventMesha Stele
A ninth-century-BC basalt slab inscribed by King Mesha of Moab, recording his rebellion against Israel and naming the God of Israel by name.
- eventCaiaphas Ossuary
A limestone bone-box from a first-century AD tomb south of Jerusalem, inscribed "Joseph son of Caiaphas" — almost certainly the high priest …
- eventHammurabi’s Code
About 1754 BC, three centuries before the Sinai Law, Hammurabi of Babylon issued a stele of 282 case laws. The find shows the legal climate …