This article from the New York Times, linked to here and in an earlier posting on the original version of The Coracle, speaks of the significance of the latest excavation in the field of Biblical archaeology at the site known as Khirbet Qeiyafa. [It's also mentioned in the last portion of the excavations list below.]
This may give those interested some idea of how important these finds can be in the developing understanding of scripture.
[Pictured above is the partial reconstruction of a Mayan priests' retreat that is located somewhere in the Yucatan. Or maybe it's Knott's Berry Farm. No, it's the Yucatan as that dashing figure next to the mangrove tree is sporting his official Smithsonian Institution Tilley hat. He's also, I think, attempting to be Captain Morgan.]