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Dr. Ayala Zilberstein, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holding the rare sealing. (photo credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority.)
22 OCT 2025 · 3 MIN

First Assyrian Cuneiform Inscription from First Temple Period Discovered in Jerusalem

A fragment of pottery no bigger than a coin has revealed something Jerusalem has never seen before. The 2.5-centimeter shard bears Akkadian cuneiform script—an Assyrian inscription from roughly 2,700 years ago, marking…
The “Twelve Tribes of Israel” may be an Iron Age invention for a unified kingdom that never existed (Ori229 / Public Domain)
8 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

Unpicking the Old Testament: The Twelve Tribes of Israel

The Bible is a massively misunderstood text. Many will insist on the literal truth behind the stories, and many more will dismiss the entirety of the text as fantasy. But both sides…