Archaeology
Digs and discoveries in the lands of the Bible.
ArchaeologyResearchers extract charred wood from deep inside boat-shaped formation in Turkey as lab tests for Noah's Ark site begin
Cores drilled 30 feet inside the Durupinar site are sent for carbon-14 analysis while geologists maintain the structure is natural rock.
November 1, 2026 · 6 min read- Holy Land
2,200-year-old fortification at Kiriath-Jearim may be the Emmaus where Jesus appeared after the resurrection
A 2019 excavation uncovered a 1st-century Roman-repaired fort that may match the village where Jesus appeared to two disciples according to Luke.
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Tel Shiqmona purple dye factory from the days of Jeroboam II also pressed olive oil, wove cloth and penned livestock
Peer-reviewed PLOS One study of Haifa sediments; the authors say the seasonal calendar is inferred from known timing, not read directly from the soil.
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3,200-year-old Gal'on Fortress from the era of the Judges opens to visitors in Israel with a 3-ton stone threshold
The 12th-century BCE building in the Shephelah reopened after a NIS 400,000 renovation; its tie to the Book of Judges is one of context, not of name.
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Tell Qasile: Philistine harbor town in Tel Aviv built three temples on one spot, and no one knows which god they served
Excavated by Amihai Mazar in the 1970s, the site from the days of the Judges shows Philistines and Canaanites blended; the Samson link is only a parallel.
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Archaeologists expose 300 meters of the 21-km aqueduct that fed the Temple Mount near Ramat Rachel; its date is still debated
A stretch of Jerusalem's Lower Aqueduct surfaced ahead of a new neighborhood; the Hasmonean origin is likely, but the exact date is still debated.
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Ramses II statues: pink granite block found by Egyptian farmer led to 5-foot head; Moses link remains unproven
Rescue excavation at Behbeit el-Hagar in the Nile Delta recovered two statues attributed to Ramses II. The Bible never names the pharaoh of the Exodus.
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2,600-year-old Temple Mount clay seal bears the name Asayahu, like King Josiah's servant; study due by end of 2026
A study of the “Yeda‛yah son of Asayahu” sealing is due in the Israel Exploration Journal; its link to Asaiah in 2 Kings 22 remains a hypothesis.
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Second Temple ritual bath complex found at foot of Temple Mount: 3,000 sq ft, with one vaulted mikveh still 14 feet tall
Hebrew University excavators announced the Ophel find after five seasons; coins date it to about 10 CE, and the full scientific report is still to come.
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Hittite royal archive of 184 cuneiform tablets, 3,400 years old, records an epidemic, a princess's death and a plea for chariots
Koç University's team at Kayalıpınar, Turkey, adds 131 tablets from 2026 to 53 from 2025; researchers are still translating the texts.
