Anthropological archaeologist Jill Katz’s column “An Anthropologist’s View of Early Israel” in the May/June 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review discusses how ethnographic analogy and other anthropological tools can be Read more…
Biblical Archaeology Topics
Biblical archaeology topics include the many issues and controversies in the field of Biblical archaeology such as forgeries, unprovenanced artifacts, the chronology of ancient Israelite and Egyptian rulers, the accuracy of radiocarbon dating and many others.
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Using Ethnographic Analogy for Biblical Archaeology
• 05/09/2012
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Phoenician Tombs Discovered in Southeastern Cyprus
• 05/03/2012
Renovations to the Larnaca sewer system exposed two Phoenician-period tombs in southeastern Cyprus last weekend. Dated between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C.E., the tombs may be associated with the Read more…
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Syrian Antiquities Can’t Escape Violence
• 04/11/2012
According to Syria’s director of museums, many of the country’s famous antiquities sites and museums are beginning to suffer from the violent political unrest that has engulfed the country. Hiba Read more…
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Google and Israel Museum Create Virtual Museum Experience
• 04/06/2012
Google and the Israel Museum launched an interactive search engine and Web site this week that allows visitors to take a virtual tour of the museum’s vast collection of Biblical Read more…
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Canaan Canine Faces Threat in Israel
• 03/29/2012
First-century rock drawings in the Sinai and more than 700 fifth-century B.C.E. canine skeletons unearthed at the coastal site of Ashkelon south of Tel Aviv attest to the historical prominence Read more…
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Archaeologists Use Satellites to Identify Thousands of Sites in Syria
• 03/21/2012
A recent innovative project combining 1960s spy-satellite photography, multispectral images and digital maps of the Earth’s surface has mapped 14,000 settlements across 8,880 square miles in northeastern Syria. The study Read more…
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Leaked Memo Signals Danger to Syrian Antiquities
• 03/19/2012
The Facebook page “Le patrimoine archéologique syrien en danger” (“Syrian Archaeological Ruins in Danger”) released an internal Syrian government memo discussing a large-scale antiquities looting operation being set up by Read more…
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Oded Golan Speaks Out on Forgery Trial Verdict
• 03/15/2012
Oded Golan, chief defendant in the so-called “forgery case of the century,” was acquitted of all forgery charges Wednesday, more specifically of forging an inscription reading “James, son of Joseph, Read more…
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Robert Deutsch to Sue IAA
• 03/15/2012
Robert Deutsch, acquitted of all charges, plans to sue the IAA after having his scholarly reputation ruined by the false accusations. Read more…
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Israel Antiquities Authority Is Victor in Forgery Lawsuit
• 03/15/2012
Read the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) press release on the forgery lawsuit and learn why the case was a victory for the IAA despite the fact that the judge acquitted Read more…
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VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
• 03/14/2012
After a trial of more than five years with 138 witnesses, more than 400 exhibits and a trial transcript of 12,000 pages, Judge Aharon Farkash of the Jerusalem District Court Read more…
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LiDAR at the Jezreel Expedition
• 03/13/2012
The online archaeological community is abuzz about advances in LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology after a report on the web site Ars Technica compared the archaeological significance of LiDAR Read more…
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What You Need to Know Before the James Ossuary Forgery Trial Verdict
• 03/12/2012
This Wednesday, March 14, Jerusalem judge Aharon Farkash delivers his verdict in the “forgery trial of the century.” He will be deciding whether the case’s two remaining defendants, Tel Aviv Read more…
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Date Set for James Ossuary Verdict
• 03/05/2012
The Biblical Archaeology Society has learned that Judge Aharon Farkash of the District Court in Jerusalem will announce the verdict on the alleged forgery of the famous James “brother of Read more…
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Toilet History Meets Biblical History
• 02/24/2012
We have long known that notions of privacy in ancient toilets were different from ours. At several Roman-period sites, archaeologists have found long benches with rows of ancient toilets with Read more…
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An Expert’s Take on Toilet History and Customs from Antiquity to the Renaissance
• 02/17/2012
While reading Sarah Bakewell’s bestselling biography of the 16th-century French essayist Michel de Montaigne, Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) editor Hershel Shanks came across a reference to an interesting toilet custom Read more…
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Israel’s National Heritage Restoration Plan Takes Shape
• 02/13/2012
Two years into Israel’s project to improve and restore archaeological and heritage sites across the country, some progress has been made towards determining exactly which sites will be restored, though Read more…
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Publishing Israel Archaeology Digs
• 01/30/2012
It has been called the “dirty secret” of Israel archaeology: Digs go on for season after season of excavation without publishing final reports of the results of their work. Fortunately, Read more…
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Life as an Archaeology Volunteer at Bethsaida, Israel
• 01/25/2012
In this exclusive video from the Biblical Archaeology Society, educational programs director Sarah Yeomans takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the excavations at Bethsaida, Israel. The excavation, directed for Read more…
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Dig Volunteers Travel to Israel and Jordan for the Adventure of a Lifetime
• 01/23/2012
Kayla Ray, a 2011 winner of one of the BAS archaeology scholarships, looks out over the blue waters of the Mediterranean from the rocky shores of Caesarea Maritima. As a Read more…
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Stories from the Trenches
• 01/02/2012
From Israel to the Aegean, the editors and staff of Biblical Archaeology Review have had their fair share of dig experiences and travel adventures. Bible History Daily has compiled the Read more…
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Cold War Spy Satellites Aid Archaeologists
• 12/06/2011
Thanks to the efforts of researchers at the University of Arkansas, archaeologists now have free access to thousands of high-resolution declassified satellite images taken of Israel and the Middle East Read more…
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UN Cultural Body Grants Membership to Palestine
• 11/01/2011
This week, UNESCO, the top cultural body of the United Nations, granted full membership to the Palestinians, a move that gives the Palestinian Authority (PA) the right to nominate ancient Read more…
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New 3D Imaging Looks Inside Ancient Artifacts
• 10/18/2011
Using the latest in neutron imaging technology, researchers are now able to “look inside” artifacts to uncover new information about their manufacture, construction and use. Neutron imaging, which produces something Read more…
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BBC Says Yes to BCE
• 10/05/2011
Last week, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) announced that the date references B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) would be used in all television and radio programming instead Read more…
