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INFOGRAPHIC: The Life of Eilat Mazar
INFOGRAPHIC: The Life of Eilat Mazar
By Watch Jerusalem Staff
‘Ice Age’ Megafauna and the Book of Genesis
‘Ice Age’ Megafauna and the Book of Genesis
Car-size rodents, elephant-size sloths, dinosaur-size elephants: How Pleistocene megafauna relate to the peculiar biblical antediluvian period
By Christopher Eames • September 8
Working With Dr. Mazar
Working With Dr. Mazar
Recounting my time with Jerusalem’s queen of archaeology
By Brent Nagtegaal
Israel’s Biblical History
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Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Temple Mount
Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Temple Mount
By Watch Jerusalem Staff
New Discovery: A ‘Deceitful Weight’ in Jerusalem
New Discovery: A ‘Deceitful Weight’ in Jerusalem
A small, inconspicuous artifact, for which there is more than meets the eye
By Christopher Eames • September 2
Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Ophel
Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Ophel
By Watch Jerusalem Staff
Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Summit of the City of David
Discoveries of Eilat Mazar: The Summit of the City of David
By Watch Jerusalem Staff
A Tribute to Our Friend, Dr. Eilat Mazar
A Tribute to Our Friend, Dr. Eilat Mazar
Why I believe Eilat Mazar will be remembered as one of the greatest archaeologists of all time
By Gerald Flurry
‘Looking Into the Liver’: Archaeology Illustrates a Peculiar Bible Verse
‘Looking Into the Liver’: Archaeology Illustrates a Peculiar Bible Verse
What the Prophet Ezekiel—and archaeology—reveals about ancient Babylonian divination
By Christopher Eames • August 20
Special Edition: Remembering Dr. Eilat Mazar, 1956–2021
Special Edition: Remembering Dr. Eilat Mazar, 1956–2021
The life and work of the ‘queen of Jerusalem archaeology’
By Watch Jerusalem Staff • August 15
‘Oldest Example of Applied Geometry’ and the Patriarch Abraham
‘Oldest Example of Applied Geometry’ and the Patriarch Abraham
New study of a land survey tablet reveals the mathematical genius of Babylon—and a link to the biblical patriarch, Abraham?
By Christopher Eames • August 10
The Eliakim Bulla From Tel Lachish
The Eliakim Bulla From Tel Lachish
And evidence of Amos’s earthquake discovered in Jerusalem
By Watch Jerusalem Staff • August 8
Has the Seal Impression of the Biblical Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah, Been Discovered?
Has the Seal Impression of the Biblical Eliakim, Son of Hilkiah, Been Discovered?
‘And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder ….’
By Brent Nagtegaal • August 5
Evidence of ‘Amos’s Earthquake’ Discovered in Jerusalem
Evidence of ‘Amos’s Earthquake’ Discovered in Jerusalem
Archaeologists identify remains in the City of David as belonging to the infamous biblical catastrophe.
By Christopher Eames • August 3
The Temple Warning Inscriptions: ‘Closest Thing to the Temple We Have’
The Temple Warning Inscriptions: ‘Closest Thing to the Temple We Have’
The 150-year anniversary of finding the closest confirmed temple artifacts
By Christopher Eames • August 2
Piglet Found in First Temple Period Jerusalem
Piglet Found in First Temple Period Jerusalem
Evidence against the existence of kosher laws? Hardly; rather, a fascinating parallel to a contemporary Bible passage
By Christopher Eames • July 27
Domesticated Pigs, City Walls and the Real Reason Jerusalem Wasn’t Conquered by Sennacherib
Domesticated Pigs, City Walls and the Real Reason Jerusalem Wasn’t Conquered by Sennacherib
Where reporting on biblical archaeology goes wrong
By Watch Jerusalem Staff • July 26
Discovered: Biblical Jerusalem’s East Fortification Wall
Discovered: Biblical Jerusalem’s East Fortification Wall
The new discovery of a length of Jerusalem’s defensive wall that was standing at the time of the Babylonian invasion
By Christopher Eames • July 14
Interview: Prof. Yosef Garfinkel and the Discovery of the Jerubbaal (Gideon) Inscription
Interview: Prof. Yosef Garfinkel and the Discovery of the Jerubbaal (Gideon) Inscription
By Watch Jerusalem Staff • July 12
Jerubbaal: Alias of Biblical Judge Gideon Discovered in Southern Israel
Jerubbaal: Alias of Biblical Judge Gideon Discovered in Southern Israel
The first time an inscription has surfaced bearing the name of a biblical judge
By Brent Nagtegaal • July 11
The Enheduanna Disk: An Early ‘Tower of Babel’ Depiction?
The Enheduanna Disk: An Early ‘Tower of Babel’ Depiction?
A 4,300-year-old artifact with a rather familiar picture
By Christopher Eames • July 7
Baby’s Gold Ring? An Intriguing Historical Connection to Dr. Mazar’s ‘Final Discovery’
Baby’s Gold Ring? An Intriguing Historical Connection to Dr. Mazar’s ‘Final Discovery’
How the late Dr. Eilat Mazar’s last-released discovery matches a first-century gift recorded in the Book of Matthew
By Christopher Eames • July 3
The Perilous Assumption of Biblical Error
The Perilous Assumption of Biblical Error
A look at the all-too-common problem of rushing to claim Bible error—and what biblical archaeology was originally intended to be
By Watch Jerusalem Staff • June 27
Has Abraham’s Father, Terah, Been Discovered?
Has Abraham’s Father, Terah, Been Discovered?
Near Eastern tablets that name and describe an individual closely matching the biblical patriarch Terah
By Christopher Eames • June 21
Evidence of King Solomon Found—in Spain! An Interview With Sean Kingsley
Evidence of King Solomon Found—in Spain! An Interview With Sean Kingsley
By Watch Jerusalem Staff
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