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Aug 25, 2026, 8:47 PM

Jerusalem: Unknown Reservoirs in Absalom’s Tomb on Pilgrims’ way to Temple Mount

The Hidden Waterworks of the Kidron Valley: Do Sections 48–49 of the Copper Scroll Lead to Absalom’s Tomb and the Tomb of Jehoshaphat? This article explores an attempt to decipher a mysterious and potentially extensive water installation beneath the western...

Aug 21, 2026, 6:52 PM

Copper Scroll: From the Pool of Siloam to the Jordan River Basin and Qumran

Trying to Decipher Section 47 of the Copper Scroll: A New Hypothesis on the Hidden Engineering of the Pool of Siloam. Following the hydro-archaeological analysis that proposed identifying Section 46 of the Copper Scroll with the mysterious tunnel at Ramat...

Aug 17, 2026, 12:15 AM

Does Copper Scroll Section 46 Describe the Ramat Rachel Mystery Tunnel?

Does Section 46 of the Copper Scroll Describe the Giant Tunnel Discovered at Ramat Rachel in May 2026? Section 46 of the Copper Scroll refers to Beit HaKerem, identified by a number of scholars with present-day Ramat Rachel. Could its...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:53 PM

Judean Desert: Are we Closer to Solving the Mystery of the Copper Scroll?

The Copper Scroll: From a Treasure List to a National Infrastructure Survey? 1. Introduction: The Hydraulic Paradigm Since its discovery at Qumran in 1952, the Copper Scroll (3Q15) has presented scholars with one of the most intriguing puzzles among the Dead...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:11 PM

Judean Desert: Did the Copper Scroll Preserve Ancient Water Projects?

The high-tech professionals of their time. In July, we published two articles here presenting a research hypothesis that may open the way for a reassessment of the ancient water systems at Ramat Rachel and in the Judean Desert. The hypothesis may...

Jun 7, 2026, 5:39 PM

The Seal and the River of Time

The Pashupati Seal A 4,300-year-old steatite seal found at Mohenjo-daro. May 27, 2026 (Source Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, X.)

A Meditation on the Pashupati Seal, the Indian Civilizational Continuum, and What Humanity Owes to the Clay’s Memory The Undeciphered Witness There are objects that survive. Then there are objects that remember. The Pashupati Seal of Mohenjo-daro, carved from steatite, no larger...

Allen S. Maller

Apr 8, 2026, 7:49 AM

Rabbis Developed Belief of Resurrection of The Dead They Did Not Commit Tahrif

Belief in Qiyahmah (Judgement Day) and resurrection of the dead, is a very powerful part of the Qur’an’s teaching. Yet, as Prof. Devorah Dimant a Professor (Emerita) of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa points out that the...

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Dec 22, 2025, 12:32 PM

Governing by Blitz

The Israeli governing coalition’s legislative blitz last week was not merely a busy day in the Knesset. It was a calculated display of political timing, coalition discipline, and institutional intent. A series of highly controversial bills were suddenly advanced...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Dec 20, 2025, 10:50 PM

Bringing Meaning to Light – pitaron and pesher

Throughout the stories of Joseph interpreting the dreams of the Pharaoh’s butler and baker, and then of the Pharaoh himself, the Bible uses the verb poter (“interpreting”) and the noun pitaron (“interpretation,” “meaning,” or “solution”) exactly fourteen times (Gen. 40–41). These terms are...

Nov 2, 2025, 6:36 AM

Unearthing Truth: When Israel’s Past Spoke to Me

Unearthing Truth: When Israel’s Past Spoke to Me On October 30th, I attended a symposium on Biblical Archaeology, expecting nothing more than a pleasant evening of lectures and networking. But what I experienced was something entirely different: a reconnection...

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