Before the Bible, Part 1 -Excavating the Bible: How a Pharaoh’s Inscription Changed Everything
A pharaoh’s boast carved into stone three thousand years ago rewrote biblical history. The Merneptah Stele (1208 BCE) names “Israel” for the first time—not as a kingdom but as a people. Archaeology, not scripture, now tells the story of Israel’s birth from Canaan’s collapse.