One of the most storied cities in the ancient world has seen better days. Samaria was established by Omri as the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Read more…
Biblical Archaeology Sites
Biblical archaeology sites are historical and/or archaeological sites related to the Bible found throughout the lands of the Bible.
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Spurned Samaria
• 06/04/2013
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Jezreel Expedition Sheds New Light on Ahab and Jezebel’s City
• 05/07/2013
There is much more to Jezreel than just the fortified hilltop site. “Greater Jezreel” includes a nearby spring that was the lifeblood of the city, as well as a sloping Read more…
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Excavating Ancient Pella, Jordan
• 04/26/2013
The fourth-century church historian Eusebius of Caesarea tells of the earliest Christians’ escape to Pella, Jordan, from Jerusalem just before the latter city was destroyed by the Romans in 70 Read more…
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Proto-Aeolic Capital Kept Quiet—But Why?
• 04/23/2013
Archaeologist Binyamin Tropper recently discovered a proto-aeolic capital still attached to its column in a cave south of Jerusalem. Apparently the IAA has known about the proto-aeolic capital and column Read more…
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Restoring the Ancient Cave Church of St. Peter
• 04/08/2013
The world’s oldest cave church, located in Antakya, Turkey, is set to undergo a major restoration project. Read more…
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Back-Breakers from Ashkelon and Hazor
• 04/03/2013
William G. Dever reviews “Ashkelon 3 The Seventh Century B.C.” and “Hazor: The 1990–2009 Excavations: The Iron Age” by Lawrence E. Stager, Daniel M. Master, J. David Schloen, Amnon Ben-Tor, Read more…
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Hierapolis and the Gateway to Hell
• 04/01/2013
Italian archaeologists excavating the Phrygian city of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey have uncovered the remains of Pluto’s Gate, a site considered an entrance into the underworld in the Greco-Roman period. Read more…
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Hershel Shanks Urges Megiddo Expedition to Try Wet-Sifting
• 03/13/2013
Hershel Shanks argues that the success of the Temple Mount Sifting Project should encourage Megiddo expedition excavators to try wet sifting these Megiddo dumps, which have already produced important finds Read more…
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Mapping Ancient Sites in Iran
• 03/07/2013
At Tehran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) ceremony earlier this week, researchers unveiled a new map of 45,000 archaeological sites across Iran. The team has been working on Read more…
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Cyber-Archaeology at Petra
• 03/04/2013
A recent two-day Cyber-Archaeology expedition at Petra provided new insights on structural conservation and the next generation of public archaeology data presentation. Read more…
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Arguments Against Locating Sodom at Tall el-Hammam
• 02/27/2013
The proposal that Sodom has been found on the northeastern side of the Dead Sea has been around for a decade or so, but with the publication of an article Read more…
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Where Is Sodom?
• 02/20/2013
According to the Bible, “the men of Sodom were wicked” (Genesis 13, verse 13). For its many sins, God destroyed Sodom and all the inhabitants of the “cities of the Read more…
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Who Were the Essenes?
• 02/07/2013
In a recent study about the Essenes of Qumran, archaeologist Eyal Regev used the tools of social archaeology to answer the question, “Who were the Essenes?” Read more…
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Charles Fellows in Aphrodisias
• 02/05/2013
British archaeologist and explorer Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) discovered the ruins of a number of ancient cities in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), including Xanthus, the ancient capital of Lycia, which Read more…
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Exposing St. Nicholas’ Christian Capital at Myra
• 01/08/2013
The 4th-century bishop of Myra, later canonized as St. Nicholas (and commonly remembered as Santa Claus), shaped the development of the Christian city before being buried at Myra. Read more…
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The Diggers Return
• 01/04/2013
Fieldwork invigorates archaeologists as they experience the thrills of discovery, travel and camaraderie. While some volunteers create lifelong memories in a single season, many other return year after year to Read more…
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Re-dating Nabatean Farming at Petra
• 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…
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A Samson Mosaic from Huqoq
• 12/28/2012
Jodi Magness’s excavations at Huqoq have exposed an elaborate Samson mosaic as well as new insights into the development of ancient synagogues. Read more…
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The Edomite Stronghold of Sela
• 12/13/2012
In one of the Old Testament’s colder and more brutal episodes, King Amaziah of Judah (c. 801–783 B.C.E.), after having slain nearly 10,000 Edomites in battle near the southern end Read more…
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Archaeologists Expose Israel’s Largest Hellenistic Harbor
• 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…
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Bethsaida Excavations Reveal Path of the Apostles
• 11/28/2012
Archaeologists have uncovered a paved road from the Roman era occupation at Bethsaida, a New Testament site on the northeastern short of the Sea of Galilee. Discovered at a site Read more…
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Where Were the Old Testament Kings of Ancient Jerusalem Buried?
• 11/26/2012
Jeffrey Zorn presents some of Raymond Weill’s early-20th-century plans from his Jerusalem excavations in “Is T1 David’s Tomb?” in the November/December 2012 BAR. Take a closer look at Weill’s detailed Read more…
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Jordanian Inscriptions Indicate Local Christian Military Population
• 10/29/2012
University of Tennessee, Knoxville excavations at ‘Ayn Gharandal in southern Jordan have uncovered a late Roman/early Byzantine complex including a Roman fort, a bathhouse and an aqueduct system. Read more…
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Video Interview with Tell es-Safi/Gath’s Aren Maeir
• 10/10/2012
Bar-Ilan University professor Aren Maeir was recently interviewed for the Jerusalem the Movie project about his excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Professor Maeir gives an interesting overview of the site along Read more…
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King David’s Tomb–A Closer Look
• 10/09/2012
The Hebrew Bible makes it clear that King David and his successors were buried somewhere on the narrow ridge of the City of David near the Gihon Spring where the Read more…
