NARRATOR: The Abraham narrative is part of the first book of the Bible, Genesis, along with Noah and the Flood, and Adam and Eve. Though they convey a powerful message, to date, there is no ...

In 1846—before archaeology even existed as a field—an Assyrian obelisk was discovered in what is today northern Iraq. It referred to Jehu, a ninth-century BC Hebrew king. For the first time, an ...

In the last session, we looked at the basics of what archaeology is and how excavation is done. But why even bother doing archaeology? All that research and excavation is difficult, time consuming, ...

NARRATOR: Now, science and scripture converge to create a powerful new story of an ancient people, God and the Bible. Up next on NOVA, The Bible's Buried Secrets . NARRATOR: Near the banks of the Nile ...