Mar 19
By: Ellen White
Dogs—or celeb in Hebrew—were not well loved in the Bible. Given the negative associations with dogs, it is surprising that one of the great Hebrew spies bears this name.
Feb 29
By: Robin Ngo
Archaeologists working in Thebes discovered a burial for victims of the 3rd-century C.E. Cyprian Plague.
Feb 15
By: Hershel Shanks
Were sons and daughters sacrificed in ancient times? Is there any archaeological evidence?
Feb 1
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
From Solomon’s Temple to the Jesus Boat, the Biblical world was built of cedar.
Jan 28
By: David Gilman Romano
Beginning in 776 B.C. as a simple foot race, the quadrennial Olympic Games grew—during a span of 1,200 years—into the most prestigious athletic/religious festival of the Greek-speaking world.
Jan 25
By: Michael B. Poliakoff
Three ancient Olympic combat events—wrestling, boxing and pancratium—reveal much about the aspirations and values of ancient Greece, about what was deemed honorable, fair and beautiful, both in the eyes of those of who competed and those who traveled to Olympia to watch.
Jan 11
By: Sarah K. Yeomans
Did the Antonine Plague influence shifts in religious practices at the end of the second century C.E., particularly the spread of the new religion of Christianity? Religious practices shifted because of the Antonine Plague. Architectural projects slowed, but the building of sacred sites intensified.
Jan 9
By: BAS Staff
Anyone can make a mudbrick! The recipe is simple—and the ingredients are common.
Dec 15
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
What did Crusaders eat while in the Holy Land? Understanding the diet of ancient groups can tell us a lot about them and how they […]
Nov 18
By: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
A team from the Tell Halif archaeological excavation made their own tannur, a traditional oven referenced in the Hebrew Bible, and baked bread in it.