
Crete’s Minoan civilization has long been considered Europe’s first great Bronze Age society. But who were the Minoans? A recent DNA study suggests that the Minoan civilization comprised of local Read more…
What does archaeology tell us about the world of the Bible? Explore what life was like in the ancient world, from broad cultural trends to daily habits.
• 05/16/2013

Crete’s Minoan civilization has long been considered Europe’s first great Bronze Age society. But who were the Minoans? A recent DNA study suggests that the Minoan civilization comprised of local Read more…
• 05/08/2013

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery of a massive quarry from Second Temple period (538 B.C.E–70 C.E.) Jerusalem in the modern Ramat Shlomo district on Wednesday, May 8th. Read more…
• 05/01/2013

Maritime archaeologists have recently discovered the spectacular remains of the port city under the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast. While it is unclear how and exactly when in the Read more…
• 04/16/2013

Judging by the numerous Biblical stories, victory stele and battle reliefs, war seems to have been widespread in antiquity. But in our modern world of jets, rockets and tanks, how Read more…
• 03/29/2013

After nearly 80 years, archaeologists have returned to one of the world’s most prolific archaeology sites, and have uncovered a monumental new structure. Read more…
• 03/29/2013

Duquesne University’s Jason M. Schlude explores how King Herod manipulated his position between two regional powers. Read more…
• 03/21/2013

Go on a journey of the senses through history and discover the significance of ritual feasts and meals in antiquity. Read more…
• 03/20/2013

The Stoa Poikile, or Painted Portico, was one of the major structures in Athens’ Classical Agora, the center of political and public life. In the early third century B.C.E., philosopher Read more…
• 03/19/2013

Recent archaeological discoveries at Tel Habuwa (also known as Tell el-Habua or Tell-Huba), a site associated with ancient Tjaru (Tharo), shed new light on Ahmose’s campaign. Read more…
• 03/01/2013

What was life like for the tribes of Israel in the time of the Biblical Judges, the period archaeologists call Iron Age I (1200–1000 B.C.E.)? Read more…
• 03/01/2013

A new exhibit of a large treasure trove at Haifa’s National Maritime Museum is offering a glimpse of Canaanite cultic practices that existed when the Israelites arrived in the Holy Read more…
• 02/28/2013

The Iliad, an epic poem on the heroes and events of Trojan war, is one of the oldest extant pieces of Western literature. But just how old is it? Read more…
• 02/26/2013

Archaeologists recently discovered the dismantled pyramid of the Khay, Ramesses II’s vizier. Read more…
• 02/25/2013

Join Steven Fine, Jodi Magness and Hershel Shanks in New York City on March 3rd, 2013. Read more…
• 02/11/2013

Archaeologists have uncovered over 25 inscriptions in Jerusalem’s Old City alone that served as public boards for ancient games. Read more…
• 02/08/2013

In the latter part of the second millennium B.C., the Hittite empire was a Near Eastern superpower. Its capital, Hattusa, was a great city of palaces and temples surrounded by Read more…
• 02/04/2013

We may never know if the Bible’s accounts of King Solomon’s liaison with the Queen of Sheba are historically accurate (1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9). However, the Biblical references Read more…
• 02/01/2013

Few symbols have a tradition as long and as rich as the dove. Read about what it represents, how its use has been shared, adapted and reinterpreted across cultures and Read more…
• 01/28/2013

Ancient Rome was the superpower of its day. Yet, when the Romans conquered the tiny province of Judea and quashed the First Jewish Revolt in 70 C.E., it was actually Read more…
• 01/23/2013

Archaeologists excavating a Spanish necropolis discovered a calcified tumor with a bone and four teeth in the pelvis of a late Roman woman. Read more…
• 01/16/2013

In the 8th century B.C.E., the Nubian Kingdom of Kush took over its politically fragmented northern neighbor, forming Egypt’s twenty-fifth dynasty, known as the Nubian dynasty or the Kushite Empire. Read more…
• 01/10/2013

Recent excavations at the so-called dog catacomb in Saqqara have brought to light the lesser-known tale of over eight million mummified dogs and other animals. Read more…
• 01/03/2013

Researchers examining dam construction and terrace farming techniques at Petra suggest that the Nabateans began employing these techniques around the first century, rather than the earlier Iron Age chronology hypothesized Read more…
• 12/26/2012

On a hill known as Göbekli Tepe (“Potbelly Hill”) in southeastern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered several large megalithic enclosures that date between 10000 and 8000 B.C.E., the dawn of civilization Read more…
• 12/03/2012

Excavations at Akko (Acre) have exposed archaeological evidence of the Israel’s largest Hellenistic harbor, according to an Israel Antiquities Authority Press release Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Read more…