The artefact contains instructions on how to reach "Ararat", the place where the Ark was left after the flood according to the book of Genesis.

One emphasis Millard made in his talks is that archaeology provides valuable information that can be used to deepen our knowledge of the Bible.

Experts believe the gold coin was minted in the Byzantine Empire. It also has a inscription written in Latin saying “Jesus Christ, King of those who reign”.

The book weighs 120 kilograms and will be on show in London before an auction in New York.

Archaeologists identify inscriptions on stones from the 8th century BC that match the biblical account. They describe them as “the earliest manuscripts of the Bible”.

The discovery, made by an international team of US and Iraqi archaeologists, includes eight marble slabs with Assyrian figures carved on them.

Archaeologists of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found 1,600-year-old mosaics with the images of Deborah and Jael in an ancient synagogue in Israel.

This could be one of the greatest discoveries of biblical archaeology in modern times.

The discovery was made during the recovery of a shipwreck off the coast of Caesarea, Israel.

It is the second synagogue from that time found there, which was a key center of the Jewish life . The New Testament refers to it as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene.

The Bible Museum of Frankfurt encourages visitors to discover “the many sides of G*d” in an exhibition that mixes archaeology and LGBT activism.

It is the first evidence found in Europe of these type of executions in the Roman Empire.

It was discovered in Israel, near the site of the Temple in the time of Jesus. Experts said the engraving had never been found on other objects until now.

The “extremely rare” inscription from around 1,100 BCE bears the name Jerubbaal, which in the Book of Judges is an alternative name for Gideon.

The Egyptians used papyrus to make not only boats, but also baskets, footwear, utensils, a range of household objects, and, most importantly, the stems were used to make the famous material on which they wrote and drew pictures.

Archaeologists discovered the scrolls in the Judean Desert. They also found the world's oldest fully intact basket, a 6,000-year-old mummified child and a cache of rare coins.

The museum takes back around 5,000 manuscripts to Egypt and over 8,000 ancient clay objects to Iraq. Since its opening in 2017, it has been accused of several controversial acquisitions.

Biblical archaeology does not seek to prove or disprove the content of the Bible, but to describe the historical framework in which the biblical books were formed.

Archaeologists link the “rare and exciting find” to the Geshurites, one of the communities that had diplomatic relations with King David.

“The palace was built during the reign of King Hezekiah [...] The level of workmanship is the best seen to date, and the degree of preservation is rare”, archaeologists say.

The Office of Culture and Heritage will invest more than 4 million euros in the recovery of the San Isidoro del Campo monastery, where the first translation of the Bible into Spanish began.

The seal impressions found in Jerusalem, “add much information” about the time when the Jews returned from Babylonian exile.

The University of Manchester has found that a text in Aramaic mentions the “Sabbath” and could fit with Ezekiel 46:1-3.

Mursilis was unsure if the storm god was indeed the reason for the plague that happened between 1350-1325 BCE. He panicked because libations and offerings were about to cease.

In the Bible, the concept of measurements and weight are intricately connected to the idea of judgement.