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”.

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.

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.

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.