Sep 7, 2020
David's Conquest (Episode 15) Archaeological insights on how King David may have conquered the Jebusite city, renamed "Jerusalem." The tunnels tell it all! Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/
Sep 6, 2020
Digging Up Masada (Episode 14) Along the western shore of the Dead Sea, amid the vast and unforgiving wilderness of Judea, we find a precipitous plateau, isolated by millions of years of erosion that turned it into an impregnable fortress. The Hebrew word for fortress is Masada, by which it is still called to this day....
Sep 5, 2020
Digging Up Jesus (Episode 13) Let’s have a look at some things you might not know about how archaeology weighs in on the historical Jesus. From the little town of Bethlehem, to Nazareth in the Galilee, to Capernaum, on the shore of Lake Kinneret, the tools of archaeology have illuminated the life of the historical...
Sep 4, 2020
Digging Up Herod (Episode 12) When we consider the archaeological sites in Israel today, none are more impressive than the remains of ancient structures built under the auspices of King Herod the Great. From the great Jerusalem Temple to an assortment of monuments and entire cities scattered across this ancient...
Sep 3, 2020
Digging Up Qumran (Episode 11) During the early 1950s the riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls takes a new turn. Father Roland de Vaux, under the supervision of the Jordanian government, organizes a major excavation of the site of Khirbet Qumran. As the diggers meticulously remove the rubble, an entire ancient settlement...