What were the top ten biblical archaeology stories of 2025? As the year winds down, we look back at some of the most popular news stories published on Bible History Daily in 2025. From newly identified temples in Jerusalem to discoveries about Egyptian pharaohs, this year provided some incredible archaeological news. The articles below are not listed or ranked in any particular order, though readers are welcome to share their top picks in the comments section below.There is some overlap with other 2025 top-ten lists, but less than you might expect.
PaleoJudaica has posted on some, not all, of these stories: on the reported worship building down the road from the First Temple, see here; on the late-notice from the Assyrian taxman excavated in Jerusalem, see here; on the pottery evidence for Egyptians at Megiddo in Josiah's time, see here; on the tax-fraud trial papyrus, see here, here, and here; on the Punic lack of Levantine ancestry, see here and here.
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