In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary was trumpeted on front pages as the first material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today it is exhibit A in a forgery trial involving millions of dollars worth of high-end Biblical-era relics, which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy men and embarrass major international institutions, including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Set in Israel, with its 30,000 archaeological...

Explores an Israeli archaeologist, Ehud Netzer's, decades-long search for the King of the Jews' fabulously carved mausoleum and coffin.

"A textbook about the archaeology of first-century Roman Galilee and how it relates to the gospels"--

Presents the Hebrew alphabet, using each letter to introduce the Israeli and Judaica collections of the Israel Museum.

King David is a pivotal figure in the Bible, which tells his life story in detail and gives stirring accounts of his deeds, including the slaying of the Philistine giant Goliath and the founding of his capital in Jerusalem. But no certain archaeological finds from the period of his reign or of the kingdom he ruled over have ever been uncovered until now. In this account, the excavators of Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Valley of Elah, where the Bible says...