Last updated: February 13, 2009
General
Archaeological Resources Specific Sites
from Abila to Ziklah 
Egypt
Hazor
Jerusalem
Jordan
Masada
Megiddo
Samaria
Museums
General Archaeological ResourcesMiddle Bronze Age 2200-1550 BCE
Late Bronze Age 1550-1200 BCE
Iron Age I 1200-1000 BCE
Iron Age II 1000-586 BCE
Babylonian Period 586-539 BCE
Persian Period 539-332 BCE
Hellenistic Period 332-141 BCE
Hasmonean Period 141-37 BCE
Roman Period 37 BCE - 324 CE
ABZU: A guide to the study of the
Ancient Near East on the Net. Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago
Amazing
Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology Large and small sites, Dead Sea
Scrolls, Noah's ark
American Center of Oriental Research in Jordan
American Schools of Oriental Research
American
Schools of Oriental Research Site Map
Ancient
Numismatics on the Web
Anglo Israel Archaeological Society
ArchNet
Archaeological Library Information is categorized by geographic
region, subject, museums, journals, etc.
Archaeological
Excavations. A directory of current excavations in Israel on the Bible and
Interpretation website.
Archaeological
Excavations Relating to Jewish History
Links to key sites
Archaeological
Sites in Israel Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Archaeology
and Public Education Newsletter
Archaeology and the Religion of
Israel. By William Foxwell Albright. Review by
Carl S. Ehrlich in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Archaeology
and the Religions of Canaan and Israel. A book by Beth Alpert Nakhai.
Archaeology, History Writing, and Ancient Israel. By William Dever for
Social-Scientific Study of the Second Temple Period Section, SBL, San Antonio,
2004.
The Archaeology of Hellenistic
Palestine: Between Tradition and Renewal. By Oren Tal. Review by
Gunnar Lehmann in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
"Archaeology"
of the Bible and Judaism in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. By
Jeffrey Tigay. University of Pennsylvania.
The
Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Excerpts by Jodi
Magness from her book
Archaeology
Odyssey Ceased publication in 2005
ArchAtlas Satellite
imagery used to show how early communities developed. Satellite images of
specific sites.
Associates for
Biblical Research: Demonstrating through field work the historical
reliability of the Scriptures
BibArch: The Premier Biblical Archaeology Website
Bible
and Interpretation. Dedicated to delivering the latest news, features,
editorial, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study
of the Bible.
Bible Places. Pictures and
descriptions of sites in Israel.
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the
Origin of its Sacred Texts. By Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.
Bible and Interpretation Website
Biblical
Archaeology Review
Biblical Archaeology's
Glossary of Words and Phrases
Biblical Backgrounds by John Monson
of Wheaton College
Biblisch Archaeologisches Institut.
University of Wuppertal
British
School of Archaeology in Iraq
Cobb Institute of Archaeology.
Mississippi State University
Dig
the Bible--Offers Tours of Various Sites
Doc Savage's Old World
Archaeology Page
Find a Dig Sponsored by the
Biblical Archaeology Society. Map of Sites, Timeline, Summer Study
Foundation for Biblical Archaeology
Franciscan
Archaeological Institute Jordan Mt. Nebo and other sites
The Future of Biblical
Archaeology: Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions. Ed.
James K. Hoffmeier and Alan Millard. Reviews by
Diana Edelman and Thomas Thompson in Review of Biblical Literature
German
Society for the Exploration of Palestines
Grounds for
Disbelief. An Interview with Israel Finkelstein by Aviva Lori in
Haaretz
Hebrew
University's Institute of Archaeology
Holy Land Photos. More than
2600 photos in the database.
Homelands of the Bible.
References to a number of geographical/archaeological sites.
Index and Links to Many
Excavation Sites in Israel (AncientNearEast.net)
Interactive Satellite Map of the Holy
Land
Iron Age
Houses in Syria-Palestine.
Israel
Antiquities Authority.
Israel Photos by David Hall.
Pictures of a number of Biblical Sites.
Israeli Institute of Archaeology at Tel
Aviv University.
Israel's Archaeological Treasures
Judean Foothills
Judean Desert and the Negeb
Mediterranean Coast
Galilee and the Golan
Jerusalem the Eternal City
Jerusalem
Archaeological Park--Fantastic site.
Jewish Oil Lamps from 70 CE to 135 CE
Magis: Mediterranean Archaeology:
an inventory of regional survey projects in the greater Mediterranean.
Matson Photo Archives.
Historical images of Israel-Palestine and the Middle East from 1898-1946.
Menorah Coin Project
A wonderful treasure of information on ancient coins related to the Bible.
Messages from the Past: Hebrew Bullae from
the Time of Isaiah through the Destruction of the First Temple and
Biblical Period Personal Seals in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection.
By Robert Deutsch. Reviewed by Alexander H. Joffe, who focuses on the
problem of antiquities that show up in private collections like this.
Mnemotrix ArchaeoSearch Database of Ancient Near East and
Classical Studies. Bar Ilan University
Mysterious Death of Albert Glock
Nabonus: Archaeological Website.
Near
East Archaeological Society Andrews University
Near East Tourist Agency: Good info on a number of biblical sites.
New Testament Gateway:
Archaeology: Israel.
Oil-Lamps in the Holy Land:
Saucer Lamps: From the Beginning to the Hellenistic Period: Collections of the
Israel Antiquities Authority. By Varda Sussman. Review by
Noam Adler in Review of Biblical Literature.
Orion
Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
PalArch Online journal from the Netherlands dealing with Palestinian
archaeology.
Palestine
Exploration Fund Home Page Publishes Palestine Exploration Quarterly
Pictures
of Israel by Scott Noegel of the University of Washington
Pottery
Charts Characteristic of Particular Periods
Leen Ritmery's blog on archaeology
Swedish
Jordan Expedition.
Three Debates
about Bible and Archaeology. The Biblical Archaeology Debate; The
Minimalist-Maximalist Debate, and the 10th century Debate. By Ziony Zevit. Bib 83 (2002):1-27
Virtual World Project Virtual
tour of ancient sites along the Eastern Mediterranean. Creighton
University.
Arad, Beersheba, Dan, Gezer, Kinneret,
Lachish, Megiddo, Qasile, and many other sites
Links to Specific Archaeological Sites
Note: The sites
identified as Bible Places.com have wonderful photographs.
Abila
Archaeological Project. Southeast of the Sea of Galilee in Jordan.
Acco from Bible Places.com.
See also Akko
Ai:
Et-tell. From Bible Places.com
Ai:
Khirbet el-Maqatir. An alternate identification for Ai; excavation by
Bryant Wood.
Akko
Maritime Capital of the Crusader Kingdom. Israel Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Aphek. Return
to Aphek by Steven Feldman
Aphek, Antipatris.
Bible Places.com
Aphek-Antipatris (from Creighton University)
Arad from Bible Places.com
Arad
Canaanite city and Israelite citadel in the Negev. Israel Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Arad (from
Creighton University)
Arad Images
Ashdod-Yam
(from Creighton University)
Ashkelon
Article by David Schloen of the Oriental Institute
Ashkelon by
Jacqueline Schaalje.
Ashkelon:
Bible Places.com
Ashkelon Excavations.
Ashkelon
in National Geographic magazine
Assawir. Eight miles east of
Caesarea. University of Haifa
Banyas
Cult city of the god Pan. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Beersheba
(from Creighton University)
Beth Guvrin (Maresha).
Bible Places.com
Bethsaida. Iron Age City
Gate, Roman temple
Bethsaida from Bible
Places.com
Beer-sheba.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Beer-sheba.
Bible Places.com
Beersheba. Fine
pictures and maps from Netours.com
Beersheba
Images
Beth-Shean from Bible
Places.com
Beth-Shean.
Interesting magazine article by Jacqueline Schaalje
Beth-Shean Valley Regional
Project. Excavations, stratigraphic table, pictures, bibliography
Beth-Shemesh
by Bible Places.com
Beth Shemesh
(from Creighton University)
Beth-Shemesh. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Beth-Shemesh.
Summer 2000 update by Steve Weitzman Bible and Interpretation website
Beth
Guvrin. An important city in southern Israel during the Roman period.
Bethel:
Background information on the biblical site.
Bethlehem from Bible
Places.com
Bethsaida. Excavation led by Rami Arav and Richard Freund
Bethsaida.
From Bible Places.com
Caesarea
Maritima. Excavation sponsored by University of Maryland and
University of Haifa
Caesarea Philippi
Bible Places.com
Dan from Bible Places.com
Dan.
Sponsored by Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dan:
The Biblical City Jewish Virtual Library
Dan. Fine pictures and
maps from Netours.com
Dead
Sea. From Bible Places.com
Dor Excavations
Cornell-Tel Dor Website
Dor.
University of California at Berkeley Expedition
Ein Gedi Oasis Excavations
Abu Simbel: Temple of
Ramesses II. Bible Places.com
Dashur Pyramids (Bent Pyramid)
from Bible Places.com
Egypt
Sites and Excavations
Find your way to many sites
in Egypt
Giza Pyramids. Bible
Places.com
Jebel Musa (Mount Sinai) from
Bible Places.com
Karnak Temple from Bible
Places.com Dwelling place of Amon-Re, his wife Mut, and their son
Khonsu
Luxor Temple from Bible Places.com
Medinet Habu.
Bible Places.com Ramesses III Mortuary Temple
Elah Valley from Bible
Places.com
Elath, Jotham's Seaport at.
Ein-Gedi
Y. Hirschfield, Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Ekron:
A Philistine City. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
En Feshka
(from Creighton University)
En Gedi. Bible
Places.com
Gamla
Jewish city on the Golan Heights Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gamla:
The Masada of the North. From Bible Places.com
Gath from Bible Places.com
See also Tell Es-Safi
Gezer
by Bible Places.com Good photographs, links.
Gezer Images
Gezer (from
Creighton University)
Gibeah.
Sponsored by BibArch.
Gibeon--Good Pictures and Links
from BiblePlaces.com
Gilgal, Lost City of
Vendel Jones Research Institute
Golan Heights:
Biblical Bashan Bible Places.com
Hamat
Gader. Medicinal hot springs; ancient synagogue. Israel Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
Hazor:
From Bible Places.com Great photos.
Hazor Images
Hazor:
Recent Archaeological Discoveries from the Bible and Interpretation Website
Hazor: Website
of current excavations by the Hebrew University.
Hebron from Bible Places.com
Herodium (from
Creighton University)
Herodium--Herod's Burial Site.
By Bible Places.com.
Iraq Sites and Excavations
Find
your way to many sites in Iraq. AncientNearEast.net
Israel Sites and Excavations
Find your way to many sites
in Israel AncientNearEast.net
Jericho
Long essay on Ellis Crystal's website
Jericho. Fine maps
and pictures from Netours.com
Jericho. From Bible
Places.com
Jericho (from
Creighton University)
Jezreel Valley from Bible
Places.com
Judean Wilderness from
Bible Places.com
Jerusalem 3000:
Extensive Links to Maps of Jerusalem. Three Millennia of History
Jerusalem
Archaeological Park Excellent site for Jerusalem in all periods
Jerusalem: Cardo from Bible
Places.com
Jerusalem: Center of French Research on Jerusalem (in French)
Jerusalem:
Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: The City of
David from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem:
Dome of the Rock. Many links from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem. Fine pictures
and maps from Netours.com
Jerusalem
(from Creighton University)
Jerusalem:
Gates to the Old City. Great photos from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Hezekiah's
Tunnel from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem:
Historical tour. Tours from 2000 BCE to 1917 CE
Jerusalem in Bible and
Archaeology: The First Temple Period. Ed. Andrew G.; Vaughn and
Ann E. Killebrew. Review by Carl S. Ehrlich
in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Jerusalem in 19th
Century Art. Pictures by David Roberts, William Bartlett, Harry
Fenn and others.
Jerusalem
in the 10th/9th Centuries B.C. By Margaret Steiner. Bible and
Interpretation website. A small town of 2000 inhabitants. Or was it
founded in the 9th century and David and Solomon had nothing to do with it?
Jerusalem: Jewish
Quarter from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem:
A Maximist View. Gabriel Barkai claims that First Temple Jerusalem covered
225 acres. Ha'aretz newspaper
Jerusalem: Mount of
Olives from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Old City Gates
from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Pool of
Siloam from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Portrait of the City in the Second Temple Period (538 B.C.E.-70
C.E.). By Lee I. Levine. Review by
Daniel Gurtner in Review of Biblical Literature.
Jerusalem: Snow
Bible Places.com
Jerusalem:
Solomon's Stables
Illustrated essay by Tuvia Sagiv
Jerusalem:
Southern Temple Mount Excavations. From
Bible Places.com. The excavation of Benjamin Mazar
Jerusalem:
The Temple Mount Many good links
Jerusalem: The Temple
Mount from Bible Places.com
Temple
Mount in Jerusalem by Jacqueline Schaalje
Jerusalem: Temple
Mount South (Benjamin Mazar excavations) Bible Places.com
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem: Where
were the First and Second Temples Located? By Turia Sagiv
Jerusalem Through Coins 539 BCE to 135 CE. This is a really great site!
Sandy Brenner
Jerusalem: Tomb of
the Kings from Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Virtual Jerusalem Tour
Jerusalem Gates, Holy Sites, Chagall Windows, Jerusalem Mosaic
Jerusalem:
Warren's Shaft. From Bible Places.com
Jerusalem: Western
Wall from Bible Places.com
Ancient
Maps of Jerusalem by Persons.
Die Geschichte Jerusalems und
die Entstehung des Monotheismus. Bu Othmar Keel. Review by
Ernst Axel Knauf in Review of Biblical
Literature.
Karen
Armstrong's Jerusalem--One City, Three Faiths. A review of a book by
Karen Armstrong by Norman Golb. From the Bible and Interpretation website.
Once and Future City: Report from the Jerusalem Post on recent
controversial archeological finds.
Politics and Propaganda: The Use and Abuse of Ancient Conflicts in the
Modern Battle for Jerusalem. By Eric H. Cline. Bible and
Interpretation website.
Robinson's Arch from Dig
the Bible
Jordan: Sites and Excavations
Find your way to many sites in
Jordan. AncientNearEast.Net
Bab edh-Dhra from Bible
Places.com (Possibly Sodom)
Edom from Bible Places.com
Jabbok,
Penuel, and Mahanaim. From Bible Places.com
Kings Highway in Jordan
Madaba Map. More good
photos from Bible Places.com
Moab from Bible Places.com
Kedesh. Six miles south of Kiryat Shemona. Universities of
Michigan and Minnesota. On border with Lebanon.
Khirbet al-Mudayna.
Six-chambered gate, Moabite temple. 30 miles south of Amman, Jordan
Kinneret
Regional Project. Northwestern shore of Sea of Galilee. Bronze and Iron
age, living quarters, defenses.
Kiriath-jearim from Bible
Places.com
Lachish
by Bible Places.com Great photographs of excavation and many
additional links.
Lachish (from
Creighton University)
Lachish Images
Madaba Map. Wonderful pictures of all and parts of the map
Maresha--Persian
figurines database. Cobb Institute of Archaeology
Masada from Bible Places.com
Masada--Magazine
article by Jacqueline Schaalje
Masada
Myth. Nachman Ben-Yehuda presents evidence that the heroes of the Jewish revolt
were not heroes at
all. Bible and Interpretation website
Masada
Masos (from
Creighton University)
Megiddo
Bronze and Iron Ages. The Megiddo Expedition
Megiddo:
Bible Places.com
Megiddo: The Chronology Debate
Megiddo. Fine maps and
pictures from Netours.com
Megiddo Images
Michmash, Geba, and the Pass.
Bible Places.com
Mizpah--Tell
en-Nasbeh. Eight miles north of Jerusalem. Detailed extract from
New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land.
Mount Carmel from Bible
Places.com
Mount
Ebal. Analysis of cult site by Adam Zertal
Mount
Hermon.
Pictures from Bible Places.com
Mount
Sinai: Jebel Musa. Bible Places.com
Mount Tabor. Fine maps
and pictures from Netours.com
Mount Tabor from Bible
Places.com
Mts. Gerizim and Ebal.
Bible Places.com
Nebi
Samwil. Traditional Home and Tomb of Samuel. Bible Places.com
Petra: The Complete
Petra A web directory and guide.
Petra: The
Great Temple Excavation Brown University
Qasile (from
Creighton University)
Qumran. Fine maps and
pictures from Netours.com
Qumran (from
Creighton University)
Qumran from Bible Places.com
Qumran Caves--Pictures of
all eleven from Bible Places.com
Ramat Rachel Excavations
Ramat Rachel, renewed excavations
Rehov. Two miles from Beth-Shean in Northern Israel. Buildings
from 10-9 centuries. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Samaria (Sebaste) Bible Places.com
Sea of Galilee
Bible Places.com
Sepphoris. Bible
Places.com. Capital of Herod Antipas in 4 BCE
Shechem by Netours.com.
Fine maps and pictures.
Shechem--The Cult Site on Mount
Ebal by Adam Zertal.
Shechem:
Temples and Gates. From Bible Places.com
Shiloh:
From Bible Places.com
Shomron/Samaria: Collection of
Links.
Sippori/Zepphoris
4 miles northwest of Nazareth. Geometrical mosaics.
Taanach: Akkadian
Texts Transliteration and Translation
Taanach--Siegfried
Kreuzer's article from Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible.
Tel Dan Excavations
Tell Jalul. Early Bronze
to Persian Period. Andrews University. Located east of Madaba
Tell
El-'Ajjul--Sharuhen (Hyksos City)
Tell Es-Safi/Gath. Bar
Ilan University. Philistine remains. Goliath inscription
Tell Es-Safi/Gath Weblog
Tell Es-safe/Gath
2008: Update for the 2008 Season
Tel
Hazor Tel Hazor excavations project
Tel
Kedesh. Universities of Michigan and Minnesota. Hula Valley,
Israel
Tell
Abu Al Kharaz Possible site of Jabesh Gilead?
Tell el-`Ajjul
Tell en-Nasbeh-Mizpah
Tell en-Nasbeh Research
Project
Timna Valley
Bible Places.com
Valley of Elah from Bible
Places.com
Wadi Arabah
Project. Explores links between southern Jordan and southern Israel.
Good discussion about the history of Edom
Wadi Qilt from Bible
Places.com
Yavneh
Yam Home Site. Professor Moseh Fischer
Zeitah. 20 miles east of Ashkelon. Director: Ron E. Tappy
of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Ziklag from Bible Places.com
Last updated: February 23, 2006
Aegyptisches
Museum Charlottenburg-Berlin (also papyrus collection)
Allard
Pierson Archaeological Museum Amsterdam
Archeological
Museum: Kibbutz En Dor.
The Ashmolean if Britain's oldest museum
Ashmolean
Museum at Oxford
Bible
Lands Museum Jerusalem Largely the collection of Elie Borowski
British
Museum: Department of Ancient Egypt and the Sudan
British Museum:
Mesopotamian Section
Carlos
Museum--Emory University: Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Art
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Egyptian
Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin Charlottenburg
Harvard
Semitic Museum. Nuzi, Ashkelon, other resources
Horn
Archeological Museum at Andrews University Currently closed for
excavations
Introduction to Archaeological Studies II by Constanze Witt
Israel
Bible Museum. Works of Phillip Ratner
Israel Museum The archeological resource in the Holy
Land.
Israel
Museum of Art and Archaeology Arranged by time periods and also has
info on costumes, water systems, people,
Israel
Museum: Shrine of the Book (Dead Sea Scrolls)
Kibbutz
En Dor Archaeological Museum
Manchester
Museum: Egyptology
Metropolitan
Museum: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Metropolitan
Museum: Egyptian Art Department
Museum of Ancient Near Eastern
Antiquities in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston
National Museum of the Syrian Arab Republic
Oriental Institute Museum
Site
Palestine
Collection at the Oriental Institute
Reuben
and Edith Hecht Museum Haifa
Royal
Ontario Museum Hone
your skills of archaeological analysis, write your name in hieroglyphics, learn
how to make your own mini-mummy, participate in a virtual dig and view the
museum's collection.
Sections
of the Vatican Museums. Antiquities and great art.
Syria Museum
Tower
of David Museum: Jerusalem History of the
City of Jerusalem
United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum
University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Much on Canaan, Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia
Vatican
Egyptian Museum
Yad
Vashem Holocaust Museum Jerusalem
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