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Let the Stones Speak

Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology

Let the Stones Speak brings you archaeology from a biblical perspective. Host Brent Nagtegaal is on location in Jerusalem to give you the most important developments happening on the ground—and emerging from beneath it. Nagtegaal is a contributor for ArmstrongInstitute.org.

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#70
July 22 · 12 min
#70: 2026 Ophel Excavation Begins in Jerusalem
Less than 100 meters from the southern wall of the Temple Mount, the Ophel Excavation is currently underway in one of the most important locations ...
#69
June 29 · 40 min
#69: Has the Queen of Sheba Been Found?
Host Brent Nagtegaal interviews Let the Stones Speak contributor Christopher Eames about his article in the May-June 2026 magazine, proposing the i...
#68
June 24 · 22 min
#68: Unearthing the Tabernacle Site at Shiloh: Interview With Dr. Abigail Van Huss
On today’s program, Dr. Van Huss explains the three areas of excavation, including further indication that an emerging monumental structure may ind...
#67
May 29 · 29 min
#67: New Archaeological Evidence of King Hezekiah’s Religious Reform
Brand-new archeological evidence he discovered at Tel ‘Eton in southern Israel supports the biblical case for King Hezekiah’s reform. On today’s pr...
#66
May 22 · 23 min
#66: Discovering the Seal Impressions of the Prophet Jeremiah’s Captors
A personal retelling of the discovery of seal impressions discovered on Dr. Eilat Mazar’s excavations
#65
April 28 · 39 min
#65: Melchizedek, David or Neither? What to Make of the Mysterious Rock-Cut Rooms in Ancient Jerusalem
Since their unearthing in the 2010–2011 excavations of Eli Shukron and Ronny Reich, the City of David “rock-cut rooms” have generated significant i...
#64
April 17 · 35 min
#64: Bodies of Dozens of Infants From 2,500 Years Ago Discovered in Cistern at Tel Azekah
While excavating Tel Azekah in the Judean lowlands in 2012, archaeologists discovered the remains of over five dozen young children. This is the fi...
#63
April 13 · 47 min
#63: New Research: Is the Hezekiah Tunnel Inscription Evidence of an Ancient Deadly Workplace Accident?
Carved into a wall of bedrock, the Siloam Inscription is the longest piece of writing ever discovered in biblical Jerusalem. The question then aris...
#62
April 6 · 24 min
#62: Israeli Underwater Excavations Reveal Earliest Hoard of Iron Blooms From 600 B.C.E.
The earliest evidence of a grouping of iron blooms has been discovered in a shipwreck off the Carmel coast. On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaa...
#61
January 9 · 1 hr 8 min
#61: Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Finds of 2025
From ancient shipwrecks to an Egyptian fortress and New Kingdom Period tomb, as well as new research relating to two of Judah’s notably righteous k...
#60
Dec 22, 2025 · 34 min
#60: Revealed: A 2,700-Year-Old Depiction of Jerusalem and King Hezekiah (Exclusive Interview)
Around 170 years ago, British archaeologist Sir Austin Henry Layard excavated much of Assyrian King Sennacherib’s palace in ancient Nineveh. In the...
#59
Nov 26, 2025 · 40 min
#59: Revealing the Source of Royal Ivory from Biblical Times
Ivory was a luxury item in the ancient biblical world, associated exclusively with royalty and the rich. King Solomon sat on a throne of ivory in Jerusalem. King Ahab had a famous house of ivory in Samaria. Where did the Bible’s ivory come from? Dr. Harel Shochat from the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa answers this question in a recently published article titled “A Thousand Years of Nubian Supply of Sub-Saharan Ivory to the Southern Levant, ca. 1600–600 B.C.E.” Dr. Shochat explains how ivory was exported from Nubia, Egypt’s southern neighbor on the Nile, to the Southern Levant. On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal and Dr. Shochat take a deep dive into his paper. They analyze what the data shows about ivory exports during biblical times.
#58
Sep 10, 2025 · 41 min
#58: A 3,000-Year-Old Palace on Israel’s Northern Frontier
Excavating the time of David and beyond at Abel Beth Maacah with Prof. Naama Yahalom-Mack
#57
Aug 29, 2025 · 32 min
#57: Massive 2,800-Year-Old Dam Discovered In Ancient Jerusalem
Excavators in the City of David have uncovered a massive dam built during the time of Jerusalem’s biblical kings. The dating of the reservoir to ab...
#56
Jul 24, 2025 · 30 min
#56: New Excavations: King Rehoboam’s Fortifications at Lachish
The Bible records that King David’s grandson, King Rehoboam, fortified 15 cities in the kingdom of Judah almost 3,000 years ago. The biggest of the...
#55
Jul 13, 2025 · 25 min
#55: Touring Tel Shiloh With Dr. Scott Stripling
Shiloh is famous as the location of the biblical tabernacle. Archaeological excavations have been taking place annually on the north side of the an...
#54
Jul 2, 2025 · 18 min
#54: Khirbet el-Maqatir: Evidence of Biblical Ai
The biblical city of Ai was one of three cities that met a fiery demise when the Israelites conquered the Promised Land: “So Joshua burnt Ai, and m...
#53
Jun 24, 2025 · 23 min
#53: Meet Jerusalem's Chief Archaeologist
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) safeguards the history of Israel. We’ve had the opportunity to work closely with the lAA on many projects ov...
#52
May 5, 2025 · 16 min
#52: Season Wrap-up: Excavating Jerusalem's Gatehouse
After three weeks of excavation, our work at Jerusalem’s royal quarter has ended. We had a successful and productive season in an area of the Ophel...
#51
Apr 30, 2025 · 36 min
#51: The Egyptian Army at Megiddo: A New Archaeological Window Into King Josiah’s Last Stand
Over a century of excavations at Tel Megiddo have finally unearthed a construction layer from the late seventh century B.C.E. and with it the large...

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