And may help clarify Jerusalem’s borders at the time.

But were their owners Jews?

The biblical spies in Ḥuqoq.

A sign that rebels knew their fate was sealed?

Fighting idolatry in the 8th century BCE.

The ruins at Baram.

A miniature head.

From First Temple pottery to Byzantine churches.

Evidence of a sophisticated government?

According to the archaeologists.

In the footsteps of a Jewish traitor-turned-historian.

And home to one of Judea’s last queens.

In praise of Hershel Shanks.

The right name, the right time, and the right place. But is it the right Isaiah?