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A carved limestone block reused as a theater step, preserving four lines of Latin dedicating a public building (Tiberieum) to the honor of Emperor Tiberius by 'Pontius Pilatus, Praefectus Iudaeae'.

A 1.12-meter granodiorite slab bearing a priestly decree in three scripts (Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Ancient Greek), deciphered by Jean-François Champollion in 1822 to open the entire corpus of Egyptian biblical archaeology.

A 1.24-meter black basalt stele inscribed in the Moabite dialect of Northwest Semitic by King Mesha of Moab , recounting his rebellion against Israelite domination and restoring territories captured during the reign of Omri.

A large ashlar stone thrown down from the southwest parapet of the Temple Mount during the Roman destruction of 70 AD, bearing a Hebrew inscription demarcating the priest's station for blowing the silver trumpets.

A 60 cm Greek marble inscription recording an imperial rescript (Diatagma Kaisaros) mandating the death penalty for anyone who forcibly removes stones from tombs or extracts corpses with malicious intent.

A large paved limestone plaza north of the Corinthian theater containing a deep Latin inscription inlaid with metal letters, commemorating an aedile named Erastus who paved the plaza at his own expense.

A complete limestone warning slab that was affixed to the balustrade (Soreg) separating the Court of the Gentiles from the sanctified inner courts of Herod's Temple Mount.

A 2.2-meter rounded limestone stele containing an annalistic account of the western campaigns of Shalmaneser III, culminating in the titanic Battle of Qarqar against a twelve-king anti-Assyrian coalition.

Stone inscriptions discovered near the mound of Lystra dedicated to 'Zeus and Hermes' together by local priests, proving the indigenous paired cult documented in Acts 14 .

Epigraphic stone inscriptions naming Lucius or Quintus Sergius Paullus as proconsul (anthypatos) of Cyprus during the reign of Claudius, verifying Luke 's administrative accuracy in Acts 13 .

A massive rock relief carved 100 meters up a limestone cliff detailing King Darius the Great's victory over the rebel Gaumata and nine rival claimants, written in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian cuneiform.

Nine limestone fragments of an imperial letter from Emperor Claudius to the city of Delphi, citing recommendations made by 'Lucius Junius Gallio, my friend and proconsul of Achaia '.

Bronze coins of Herod Agrippa I minted in Jerusalem featuring a royal canopy (parasol) on the obverse and three ears of barley on the reverse, with royal inscriptions acknowledging him as 'King Agrippa'.

A 1.98-meter black limestone obelisk depicting relief panels of five conquered regions presenting tribute, including King Jehu of Israel prostrating himself before Shalmaneser III.

A six-line Paleo-Hebrew inscription carved into the rock wall near the southern exit of the 533-meter subterranean conduit diverting water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam .