Biblical Archaeology Review

06/23/2026

In the Hebrew Bible, the geographic area of the Coastal Plain is often depicted as the heartland of the Philistines, with their major city-states situated in the plain’s southern reaches

Discover the Philistines’ homeland along the ancient Coastal Plain—rich in history, trade routes, and biblical cities.

06/22/2026

At ancient Ugarit "Hair of the Dog" might have been more than an expression when referring to a hangover cure after a night of drinking.

A damaged Late Bronze Age tablet from Ugarit preserves a hangover cure for a god. Its key ingredient, dog hair, connects to a healing tradition that spans Mesopotamia, the Levant, and the biblical world.

06/21/2026

Searching for historical evidence for the existence of Jesus of Nazareth outside of the Bible.

Did Jesus exist? Lawrence Mykytiuk examines non-biblical evidence from Tacitus, Josephus, and other ancient sources to assess Jesus’ historicity.

06/20/2026

The Adam and Eve story in Genesis 2 states that God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground, and then Eve was created from one of Adam’s ribs. But was it really his rib?

The Adam and Eve story states that God formed Adam out of dust, and then Eve was created from one of Adam’s ribs. Was it really his rib?

06/19/2026

These newly discovered statues were found in an unusual context: buried face down inside the wine pit of a Roman-Byzantine winepress. Oddly, the statues were deliberately placed there, face down, when the winepress went out of use.

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/statues-of-mysterious-classical-figures-found-near-caesarea/

06/18/2026

Herod the Great was a political genius that knew how to play the game. Using his central position in Judea he was able to manipulate the geopolitical landscape between Rome in the West and the Parthians in the East.

Herod the Great balanced alliances with Rome and Parthia, using regional rivalries to secure and maintain his rule over Judea.

06/17/2026

How the remnants of the humble dwelling of Jesus in Capernaum illuminate how Christianity began.

For much of his adult life, the home of Jesus was in Capernaum, a small fishing village on the Sea of Galilee.

06/17/2026

Using the Tabernacle as an ideal reference, the authors of these Dead Sea Scrolls present the Temple and its courts as a source of holiness, to be approached with a sense of awe and reverence and in the appropriate state of ritual purity.

The form of the idealized Jerusalem Temple captivated early Jewish authors. In the Dead Sea Scrolls, we encounter two unique models for how the future Temple should be built.

06/16/2026

Researchers revealed that they were able to determine what the Earth’s geomagnetic field was like at the time of the destruction of Solomon's Temple at the hands of the Babylonians.

The Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem serves as a crucial scientific time marker, helping researchers unlock the history of Earth’s magnetic field.

06/15/2026

Nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are there more plays on words in relation to names than in the Book of Genesis.

It is no secret to students of the Bible that the ancient Hebrews loved plays on words. And nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are there