The official site for Khirbet Qeiyafa has just been updated with new information and photos. This Iron Age site happens to overlook David and Goliah's biblical battlefield and has produced a wealth of data from the period when the tribal societies of Israel and Judah were beginning to transition to centralized states. Here is an overview of... Continue Reading →
Air passengers in Israel will now walk by an exhibition that includes what may be the oldest existing Hebrew inscription, the Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon. A year-long exhibit on Science in Israel has opened at Ben Gurion airport (TLV) in Tel Aviv. This new exhibit focuses on scientific and technological innovations originating from Israel. The exhibition will feature cherry... Continue Reading →
A new short film titled "Khirbet Qeiyafa: A Fortified City in the Kingdom of Judah" now debuts on this blog. It summarizes the major finds at Khirbet Qeiyafa and presents the excavators' conclusions on how the site shapes our understanding of biblical Judah. Khirbet Qeiyafa is the modern name for a 3,000 year-old ancient city... Continue Reading →
An astonishing new technology is bringing damaged and faded ancient texts to light. Scientists demonstrated its potential by scanning and translating the Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription during a news conference this morning. Researchers at MIT have developed the Subatomic Ultra-Parsing Epigraphic Resolving Digital Uranium-Potassium Electrical Rotoscoping Chemical Oscillating Orthographic Laser computer scanner that can reconstruct any ancient... Continue Reading →
A few people have inquired about the new Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription discovered in the 2012 season. I asked Yossi Garfinkel about it last week when I drove up to Chattanooga (from Tampa!) to catch his presentation at Southern Adventist University. He said they have made good progress on it and may publish something in a few... Continue Reading →
We recently visited the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and saw many of the Bible-related archaeological treasures displayed there. Bible students would probably recognize objects from Bible dictionaries, class materials, PowerPoint lessons, textbooks, and other sources. It's one thing to see photos but quite another to be inches away from the genuine objects. Photos have been... Continue Reading →
Bible, Archaeology, and Travel with Luke Chandler 
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