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Moses lifting the bronze serpent on the standard so that all who look upon it live (typology of the Cross).

Inscribed black basalt slab (c. 840 BCE) recording King Mesha 's rebellion against Israel , mentioning Omri, Chemosh, and the Sacred Name YHWH.

Limestone block discovered in Caesarea Maritima bearing a Latin dedicatory inscription naming 'Pontius Pilatus, Prefect of Judea ', confirming his historical governorship.

Colossal 12-story high terraced retaining wall supporting the royal palace acropolis of the City of David .

Aramaic letter instructing the Jewish garrison at Elephantine on the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty (' House of David ').

Stone wall relief from Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh depicting the siege, battering rams, and deportation of Lachish (701 BCE).

Intricately carved limestone ossuary excavated in the Peace Forest south of Jerusalem , inscribed ' Joseph , son of Caiaphas' (Yehosef bar Qayafa).

Paleo-Hebrew monumental inscription carved inside the bedrock of Hezekiah 's water tunnel commemorating the breakthrough of the two tunneling crews ( 2 Kings 20:20 ).

Neo-Assyrian bas-relief (825 BCE) showing King Jehu bowing before the Assyrian monarch, the only contemporary depiction of an Israelite king.

Stone revetment and collapsed mudbrick ramparts at ancient Jericho , the lowest and oldest fortified city on earth.

Hexagonal baked clay prism in the British Museum recording Sennacherib's campaign against Hezekiah : 'I shut him up like a caged bird'.

Egyptian hieroglyphic victory poem from 1208 BCE preserving the earliest historical inscription naming ' Israel ' as a people in Canaan .

Colossal rock relief in Iran carved in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, key to deciphering cuneiform and Persian royal decrees in Ezra .

Paved limestone plaza inscription in ancient Corinth reading 'Erastus in return for his aedileship laid this pavement at his own expense'.

Burned parchment scroll from an ancient synagogue virtually unrolled with micro-computed tomography to reveal Leviticus 1 -2.

Monumental stone podium and horned altar enclosure established by Jeroboam I at Dan to rival Jerusalem .

Carved hippopotamus ivory plaque showing an enthroned ruler receiving tribute and drinking from a lotus chalice.

Hewn sandstone blocks of a sacrificial altar with corner horns dismantled during Hezekiah 's or Josiah 's religious reforms.

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Masterful proportion study of our first parents in Paradise with the Tree of Life and the serpent.

Limestone tablet recording the twelve agricultural months of the biblical year in archaic northwest Semitic script.

Aramaic inscription stone from the Mount of Olives reading 'Hither were brought the bones of Uzziah , king of Judah ; do not open!'.

Hexagonal cuneiform prism recording Sennacherib's capture of 46 fortified Judean cities and tribute from Hezekiah .

Cuneiform tablet discovered at Nineveh preserving the ancient Mesopotamian account of the catastrophic global deluge and ark.

Seven tablets recounting the battle between Marduk and Tiamat, contrasting with the monotheistic Genesis creation narrative.

Excavated 4th-century white limestone synagogue built directly upon the basalt foundation of the 1st-century synagogue where Jesus taught.

Diorite stele in the Louvre Museum with 282 legal statutes illustrating Ancient Near Eastern covenantal jurisprudence.

Leather pouch containing 35 legal papyri preserved in the Judean wilderness during the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Military dispatches from the leader of the Second Jewish Revolt (132–135 CE) found in Nahal Hever.