Before Israel worshiped one God, it worshiped many. Archaeology reveals that Yahweh once shared divine space with Asherah — the goddess who refused to disappear quietly.
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.