3,500 Years of Israelite Presence in the Promised Land

Always there and always returning to the Land of Israel

The Story of the Bible Written in Stone

Archaeological Proof of the Biblical Narrative and the People of Israel in the Land of Israel for over 3,000 years

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Story of the Flood

G ilgamesh Epic Tablet
The Mesopotamian account strongly paralleling the Biblical narrative of the Flood mentioning the release of a raven and a dove.

Priestly Blessing

Engraved Silver Amulet:
Earliest inscription from the Hebrew Bible dating back to the time of Jeremiah. “May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you…”
Numbers 6:24-25.

Name of G-d (Y-H-V-H)

Moabite Stone:
"Omri was the king of Israel… I took the vessels of Y-H-V-H…”

King David

Tel Dan Stele:
Empirical proof of King David and the Davidic dynasty, erected by King Hazael of Aram, c. 840 BCE

Prophet Isaiah

Bulla (Seal Impression):
Seal Impression inscribed with the name “Yesha‘yah[u],” Hebrew for “Isaiah,” followed by the word “nvy" (prophet).

Egypt Mentions Israel

Merneptah Stele:
Egypt mentions Israel 1207 BCE.

Time Periods

Our site is divided into three time periods

See all your Bible stories come to life through archaeology and ancient historians

From Abraham to the Second Temple Period

Archive material takes you through the birth of the Modern State
of Israel

Aliyah and the Modern State of Israel

The Land of Israel seen through the accounts of pilgrims and archaeology

Common Era up till the 1800's

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Courtesy Eilat Mazar

The Seal Impression of Isaiah
the Prophet
c. 745-686 BCE

Isaiah 1:1
The prophecies of Isaiah son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Found in 2015 by Eilat Mazar and the Ophel Excavations at the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount, the seal impression is inscribed with the name “Yesha‘yah[u],” Hebrew for “Isaiah,” followed by the word “nvy.” Part of the seal is broken off, but “nvy” might be an incomplete word that was once followed by the Hebrew letter aleph. If so, the seal would spell out the Hebrew word for prophet.

The Seal of Isaiah the Prophet circa 745-686 BCE

In this picture is a clay seal impression or bulla, that was found in 2015 by archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar during the Ophel Excavations at the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount. The seal is inscribed with the name “Yesha‘yah[u],” Hebrew for “Isaiah,” followed by the letters nun-bet-yud. Part of the seal is broken off, but these three letters might be an incomplete word that was once followed by the Hebrew letter aleph. If so, the seal would spell out [נביא] the Hebrew word for prophet.

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2000 - 1 BCE
Abraham to the destruction of the second temple

2000 - 1300 BCE The Patriarchs

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Noah and the Flood, The Land during the Times of the Patriarchs, Burial Place of the Patriarchs, Yosef in Egypt and more.

1300 - 1200 Moses and the exodus

Life in Egypt, Brickmaking, King Tutankhamen, Rameses the Great, Israel mentioned (!) in the Merneptah Stele and more.

1200 - 1100 Joshua and the judges

Ancient Tel of Jericho, Mt Gerizim and Mt Ebal (blessings and curses), Early Israelite Settlements, Idols, The Philistines (origin and how did they end up in Israel), Samson and the Philistine Temple, the Capture of the Ark.

1100 - 1000 King David

Physical Proof of King David's existence, the Bethlehem Seal, Kirbet Qeiyafa: David and Goliath, Goliath's name on pottery, the City of David: David conquers Zion.

1000 - 900 King solomon

The Gezer Tablet and Ecclesiastes, Proof of King Hiram, Jeroboam and Idolatry, Pharaoh Shishak and King Solomon's Gold and more.

900 - 800 Ahab

The Moabite Stone with G-d's name (Y-H-V-H), Assyrian Assault on Israel, the Seal of Jezebel, the Black Obelisk mentioning King Jehu and more.

800-700 isaiah

Names on findings: King Joash, Shema - servant of Jeroboam, Amotz - father of Isaiah, King Uzziah, the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Seal of Ahaz, the Seal of Isaiah, the Seal of King Hezekiah, Assyrian Israel War Campaigns: Tiglath-Pileser, Sargon, Sennacherib, the Battle of Lachish, King Hezekiah and the victory of Jerusalem: the Famous Water Tunnel, Wall Extension,

700 - 600 jeremiah

King Manasseh and Idolatry, the First Mention of Shabbat in archaeology, the Priestly Blessing Inscribed in Silver, the Rise of Babylonia, Seal Impressions mentioning Biblical Figures.

600 - 500 jeremiah

Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacks Jerusalem, Clay Tablets and Ostraca recording Israel's story: King Jehoiachin, King Zedekiah, the Edomites, Nebo-Sarsekim, Baalis - King of Ammon, Seal Impressions of Jeremiah's conspirators, Jeremiah in Egypt, Ezekiel at the Chebar River and Tel-Abib (Babylon), Jewish Life in Babylon, the Cyrus Edict, the Return to Zion, Ezra and the Temple Rebuilt

500 - 400 persian

A Parallel Life: Jews in Israel and Babylon, Coins: Yehud Medinata (the State of Judea), the Jerusalem Seal, the Purim Story, Nehemiah and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, Political Resistance (Sanballat and Tuvia), the Jews of Elephantine (Egypt) - Correspondence with Jerusalem

1 CE - 1800
Common era up to 1800's

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1948 - Today
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Archaeological Proof of the Biblical Narrative

Including the Flood, Exodus, King David, the Sacred Name of G-d, Passover, Purim, Sukkot, Hanukkah and Herod the Great

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Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, June 13, 1947:

“Long before the emergence of Hitler I made the cause of Zionism mine because through it I saw a means of correcting a flagrant wrong....

The Jewish people alone have for centuries been in the anomalous position of being victimized and hounded as a people, though bereft of all the rights and protections, which even the smallest people normally have…

Zionism offered the means of ending this discrimination. Through the return to the land to which they were bound by close historic ties…

The advent of Hitler underscored with a savage logic all the disastrous implications contained in the abnormal situation in which Jews found themselves.

Millions of Jews perished... because there was no spot on the globe where they could find sanctuary...The Jewish survivors demand the right to dwell amid brothers, on the ancient soil of their fathers.”

Albert Einstein,
The Zionist

Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, 1955

“Only a people who lives in its own land will be able to know, understand and discover its hidden treasures.”

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Natan Sharansky Endorsement

"This site is a unique instrument using archaeology and history to connect you with the daily life of the Jewish people. It's a unique window to the thousands of years of us fighting for the Land of Israel, living in the Land of Israel, influencing the life of the world through our life in the Land of Israel."
- Natan Sharansky

Isaiah by Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Isaiah 62:1

"For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet…"

לְאַחַר שֶׁשָּׁאוּל הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבְנוֹ יְהוֹנָתָן מֵתִים בַּקְּרָב, פּוֹנִים רָאשֵׁי הַשְּׁבָטִים לְדָוִד, שֶׁמָּלַךְ כְּבָר שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וָחֵצִי בְּחֶבְרוֹן. הֵם מְמַנִּים אוֹתוֹ לְמֶלֶךְ עַל הַקּוֹנְפֵדֵרַצְיָה הַשִּׁבְטִית הַמְּאֻחֶדֶת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ פּוֹנֶה מִיָּד לְכִוּוּן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת שֶׁטֶּרֶם נִכְבְּשָׁה בְּמַהֲלַךְ כִּבּוּשׁ הָאָרֶץ בִּידֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. דָּוִד בּוֹחֵר בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם מֵאַרְבַּע סִבּוֹת עִקָּרִיּוֹת: מַיִם, בִּטָּחוֹן, אִחוּד וְשִׁלְטוֹן קַרְקָעִי נֵיטְרָלִי, אַךְ חָשׁוּב מֵהַכֹּל, בִּגְלַל הַקְּדוֹשָׁה שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַטְּבוּעָה בַּמָּקוֹם הַנִּבְחָר, שֶׁבּוֹ יִבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָעֲתִידִי.

לְפָנֶיךָ סִרְטוֹן הַמְּסַפֵּר אֶת הַסִּבּוֹת שֶׁל דָּוִד בְּכִבּוּשׁ הָעִיר.