About Us
Dr. Charles Aling
Dr. Charles F. Aling, Ph.D. President of the Institute for Biblical Archaeology, is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Northwestern—St. Paul, where he taught for thirty-one years, 26 of which he chaired the Department of History. He earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph. D in Ancient History and Egyptology from the University of Minnesota. Besides his tenure in the classroom, Dr. Aling has been Assistant Field Director on two archaeological expeditions to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. His book, Egypt and Bible History: From Earliest Times to 1000 BC, argues that archaeology supports the biblical dating of historical events and that these dates are reliable. He has also published over fifty articles in publications such as the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, The Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin, Bible and Spade, and ARTIFAX. He is also past president of the Near East Archaeological Society. In addition, he is a nationally known speaker in universities, seminaries, and churches.
Dr. Clyde Billington
Clyde E. Billington, Ph.D. He is the former president of the Near East Archaeological Society and the digest editor of ARTIFAX. He is also the executive director of the Institute for Biblical Archaeology. He taught for 22 years at the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN, where he was a full professor of ancient and medieval history, and where he also taught biblical archaeology. In the past, he also taught at a Christian seminary, a public high school, two secular universities, and was the headmaster of a Christian school. In addition, he is an ordained minister who pastored a church for 5 years. He has over 50 articles that have been published in a variety of scholarly sources. He holds 4 university degrees, including a Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Iowa. Dr. Billington is now retired and lives in Florida with his wife Ellie.
Gordon Govier
Editor of ARTIFAX – Gordon Govier was introduced to biblical archaeology as a volunteer with the Tel Aviv University excavation of Tel Aphek. Five years later he began a weekly radio report on biblical archaeology called The Book & The Spade, which can now be accessed through his website at radioscribe.com, as well as various podcasting platforms. Among his early guests were Dr. Aling and Dr. Billington, and he soon joined the editorial team on the quarterly newsletter that eventually became ARTIFAX magazine. In addition to producing a weekly radio program and editing a quarterly magazine, he’s reported more than 80 biblical archaeology news stories for Christianity Today magazine.
Patterns of Evidence
Antiochus Ephipanes
