Scripture, Excavated
Scripture, excavated.
Ruins of Persepolis — ancient Persian capital, 6th century BCE. Wikimedia Commons — public domain.
Every book of the Bible, read alongside the archaeology, Dead Sea Scrolls, original languages, and cross-tradition parallels that actually exist behind it. No claim is made unless something was actually found.
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Our approach
What this is not
This isn't an attempt to prove the Bible true, and it isn't an attempt to debunk it. It's a separation exercise: some things the Bible mentions left physical traces archaeologists have actually dug up. Most of it didn't, and can't. We only annotate the first kind, and we say so plainly when evidence is thin, contested, or only partial. Read the full methodology →
Evidence framework
How we classify what we find
Attested
A real, excavated place or object matches the text. Something was dug up.
Contextual Parallel
Contemporary records resemble the narrative without confirming specific individuals.
Debated
Real evidence exists but scholars genuinely disagree on what it means.