Where Did the Early Israelites Come From?

The title comes from a newsletter we received from BAS. If you do not know what BAS stands for, those are the first letters of Biblical Archaeology Society. BAS was a society founded by the late Hershel Shanks. Right under the title are the following words: Study one of the most heated biblical archaeology debates

Discoveries Under the Sahara

We have looked at what is found under the sands of the Sahara Desert– Mysterious Stone Structures Discovered in Western Sahara and Was The Sahara Ever Green Today, the article will present a variety of websites that record different discoveries. In our research, we find that the discoveries made in the Sahara, most,  not all

Some Recent 2025 News

First, we want to thank Suspicious Berean for recommending our website. We have never met the man, but appreciate his vote of confidence in our content. He writes: I’ve been negligent in recent years when it comes to mentioning archaeological discoveries. It will take too long to reproduce the articles, so this post just includes

What is LIDAR? Pros and Cons

LIDAR is one of those new technologies archaeologists have been waiting for. It is a powerful tool that shortens survey times by pinpointing better locations to excavate. LIDAR can be a handy tool in the archaeologists’ tool belt, butlike the different dating systems, it also can be expensive to use. One thing about LIDAR, though,

Archaeology Is Not Treasure Hunting

Those words are often said by a variety of archaeologists. They think their scientific field is superior to that so-called ‘lower’ form of exploration. Archaeologists take a very arrogant view of those people searching for specific objects hopefully left behind by ancient populations and time. Such searches for the Ark site draw everything from exasperation

Newsletter News 12/2025

Another rendition of short stories from the newsletters we receive. The first one is a Christmas-related top 10 list from ABR #1. Top Ten Discoveries Related to Christmas For many, Christmas is a festive season steeped in tradition, which may have some kernels of truth but is more mythical than historical. Having studied the earliest

Recent Amazon Discoveries

This video, LIDAR Just Revealed a Lost Amazon Megacity Bigger Than Manhattan, is the starting point for this article. It is an interesting video on the discovery of a very ancient city in the Amazon forest. While the discovery is interesting, LIDAR cannot bring the answers to the questions of who the people were that

100 Discoveries

This is not a list from 2025, but rather a compilation of all the discoveries made throughout the decades. Take the time to listen to them and see if you agree with them- 100 Most Incredible Archaeological Finds Also, see if they are incredible or not, history-changing or not, and so on.

Excerpts from Kenneth Kitchen

The following excerpts come from Mr. Kitchen’s book The Bible In Its World: …But of course, archaeology is not all romance. Most of it is simply persistent, methodical hard work, dealing with everyday materials, to reach results as solid and enlightening as possible on all aspects of ancient life, not just the spectacular highlights… …‘Archaeology’

3 Book and 1 Class Review- repost

There are many denominations, pastors, and other church leaders who say there are three or more books every Christian should read. Sometimes these church leaders are correct, and they turn believers on to some really good books; other times, not so good. The three books every Christian should read listed at the http://www.theoarch.wordpress.com website, are