For those interested in Assyrian history, brilliant Assyriologist (and friend) Alexander Johannes Edmonds has a new book coming out on April 21 that will make an enormous contribution to Assyrian history. Most notably, he has discovered two Assyrian kings that had been lost to history […]

Honored to have made #3 on the Armstrong Institute’s recap of 2024’s ten biggest finds in Biblical Archaeology. (At minute 24:30)

Had an amazing time at the ASOR 2024 conference and seeing Boston. Below is the abstract from my presentation interspersed with the relevant slides (photos courtesy of Professor Takayoshi Oshima): The Visual Storytelling on Sennacherib’s Throne-Room Wall: New Insights into His Invasions of Ushu and Jerusalem […]

In case anyone happens to be in the Milwaukee area, I’ve been invited to speak to the Milwaukee Area Biblical Archaeology Society and the Wisconsin Lutheran College:

This magazine has an interview with me about locating the Assyrian siege camps:  https://armstronginstitute.org/1102-the-assyrian-military-camp-at-lachish-and-maybe-at-jerusalem-too-an-interview-with-stephen-c-compton

Thrilled that my work tracking down Sennacherib’s military camps (and a few biblical sites) has been peer reviewed and published in the prestigious journal Near Eastern Archaeology.