Starting 30 feet belowground.

A tale of three scepters.

Hashish and frankincense?

Illustrating a talmudic passage.

A triumphant warrior and his humiliated captive.

But its purpose is a mystery.

Excavating the Jewish “stone age.”

And the role of General Allenby of Armageddon.

Reinforcing Josephus’ description of events, excavations offer a window into the stratagems of the ancient Jewish resistance.

Located just outside Jerusalem.

The two scribes of the Samaria ostraca.

The home of the Ark of the Covenant before the First Temple was built.

Abel Beth Maacah.

The agoranomos.