Biblical Archaeology

The amulet, was discovered during the Mt. Ebal Dump Salvage project conducted by Associates for Biblical Research under the direction of Dr. Scott Stripling in December 2019 – January 2020.

Deborah Hurn | Patterns of Evidence Summary: Was Sodom in the Jordan Valley, and was this site destroyed by a cosmic airburst? In Part 2 of…

real value in providing a science-grounded explanation for the Star of Bethlehem that may be of value in defending the factuality of the Christmas story to a skeptic, because it does not require positing supernatural phenomena or extraordinary celestial events.

Deborah Hurn | Patterns of Evidence Summary: Numerous media reports have recently claimed the biblical city of Sodom was located north of the Dead Sea…

Did baby Jesus did spend that first Christmas with Mary and Joseph alone in the barn of a public building there in Bethlehem or in a domestic stable surrounded by family?

Bryant G. Wood PhD | Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) June and July were busy months for archaeological discoveries. Perhaps the most significant was a…

Koldewey excavated numerous parts of the city, including the Ishtar Gate, the Processional Way, which led to the Temple of Marduk, and the palaces of Nebuchadnezzar.  Here are three things which Koldewey unearthed that Daniel would have seen in Babylon.

Archaeologist Gary Byers joins us from New Mexico to talk about ancient seals in archaeology and the Bible. Topics include: the 15th century BC scarab from Joshua’s Ai, bullae, signet rings, and God’s seal of salvation.

It is a dramatic and gruesome account recorded in two of the Gospels of the New Testament. Herod Antipas, son of King Herod the Great, had John the Baptist executed after promising to grant any request of a woman who had pleased him with her dance. She asked for the head of John.

According to Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (AD 37-100) these events took place in AD 29 at Herod’s mountaintop citadel of Machaerus. The remains of Machaerus sit above the Dead Sea’s east shore in modern Jordan. Now, a Hungarian Franciscan team of archaeologists headed by excavation director Győző Vörös think they have discovered the pavilion at Machaerus where the deadly dance of Salome, the daughter of Herodias, elicited the fatal pronouncement.