Since its discovery more than 130 years ago, the Cyrus Cylinder has been a striking example of an archaeological artifact that independently confirms a Biblical account. Read more…
Exhibits/Events
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Cyrus Cylinder Begins American Tour
• 04/10/2013
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Controversial Qeiyafa Comes to U.S. Museum
• 02/13/2013
Since the beginning of Dr. Yosef Garfinkel’s excavation at Khirbet Qeiyafa in 2007, the site has been producing exciting and controversial finds that have kept the Biblical archaeology world buzzing. Read more…
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Herod the Great—The King’s Final Journey
• 02/13/2013
Herod the Great—The King’s Final Journey reveals the Herodian world and the end of the illustrious king’s life, as brought to light by the late archaeologist Ehud Netzer. Our slideshow Read more…
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Arabian Sights
• 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…
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Exhibit Watch: A City of Gold at a Cultural Crossroads
• 11/27/2012
Through January 20, 2013
City of Gold: The Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus at the Princeton University Art Museum
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Jerusalem of Gold
• 10/23/2012
Gold is mentioned 285 times in the Hebrew Bible—more than any other metal—and the use of its imagery by the Biblical writers is as rich and varied as the precious Read more…
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A Jewel from the Crown
• 08/17/2012
It was celebrated as the “Crown of Aleppo.” The Aleppo Codex, a thousand- year-old copy of the Hebrew Bible, was created in about 930 C.E. and edited by Aharon Ben Read more…
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Visiting the Israel Museum
• 08/07/2012
I have been to Jerusalem several times in the course of my fieldwork, ticking off the obvious sites as though working my way through a checklist: The City of David, Read more…
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The Many Faces of Angels
• 07/25/2012
From cherubs to archangels, God’s divine messengers have inspired artists across cultures and centuries. The Israel Museum’s new exhibit Divine Messengers: Angels in Art features 30 works highlighting the evolution Read more…
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Jeremiah Brought Back to Life
• 07/25/2012
The relationship between archaeology and the Bible is not always an easy one, but sometimes they come together in striking agreement as witnesses to history. Seals of Jeremiah’s Captors Discovered Read more…
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Another Day in Paradise
• 07/24/2012
Through illuminated manuscripts and illustrated books from 15th-century France and 16th-century Iran, Paradise Imagined: The Garden in the Islamic and Christian World explores the art of the garden as an Read more…
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New Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Opens in Fort Worth, Texas
• 07/05/2012
A new Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, titled “Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible,” opened up this week at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. A press release Read more…
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Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery
• 04/30/2011
This long-term exhibit on view at the Penn Museum highlights the extraordinarily rich finds from the 4,500-year-old royal tombs from the ancient city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq. Read more…
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
• 10/08/2010
This exhibit features more than 180 beautiful glass objects from across the ancient world that were made using a variety of methods and techniques, including this 2,000-year-old multicolored cup from Read more…
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Israel Museum Celebrates Newly Renovated Galleries
• 07/10/2010
In July, the Israel Museum will reopen its main galleries after a three-year, $80-million renovation aimed at expanding and reorganizing the entire museum campus and its collections. Chief among the Read more…
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Spying on the Past: Declassified Satellite Images and Archaeology
• 07/10/2010
This unique exhibit showcases declassified images taken by U.S. government spy satellites in the 1960s that are now being used by archaeologists to locate and better understand ancient sites in Read more…
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Mummies of the World
• 07/01/2010
A new traveling exhibition titled Mummies of the World, which features more than 150 preserved objects, will kick off its U.S. tour in Los Angeles at the California Science Center Read more…
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“Angels & Demons, Jewish Magic through the Ages”
• 05/05/2010
The newest exhibit at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, Angels & Demons, Jewish Magic through the Ages, opened on May 5th. Designed to explore the origins and development of magic Read more…
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The Mummy Chamber
• 05/05/2010
This spring, the Brooklyn Museum will be opening a new exhibit titled The Mummy Chamber, which will use ancient Egyptian artifacts from the museum’s holdings in order to showcase the Read more…
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Official Awards and Orders in Eretz Israel
• 03/26/2010
A private collection consisting of medals, certificates and awards from the days of the Ottoman Empire, the period of the British Mandate, the Anzac period and into the era of Read more…
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Piecing Together the Past: Ancient Fragments of the Song of the Sea
• 02/26/2010
An ancient Biblical text with an extraordinary story of discovery is on display for the first time at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Two manuscript fragments that were separated by Read more…
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Temple Mount Coin Exhibit at the Davidson Center, Jerusalem
• 11/11/2009
The Israel Antiquities Authority has created a new exhibit in the Davidson Center in Jerusalem that showcases a collection of coins discovered during excavations at the base of the Temple Read more…
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Britain’s Ashmolean Museum Reopens
• 11/07/2009
After a multi-million pound renovation, Britain’s oldest public museum—the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford—reopened on November 7, 2009. The revamped museum consists of 39 galleries that include 4 temporary exhibition galleries, Read more…
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Ethiopian and Egyptian Art Exhibition in Baltimore, Maryland
• 07/10/2009
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is the home of an impressive collection of Egyptian and Ethiopian art. The Ethiopian art, which is the largest collection of its type Read more…
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Near Eastern Seals Exhibition
• 07/10/2009
The themed exhibit will follow the progress of the iconography of power represented by the seals throughout Mesopotamia, from the emergence of their existence in the fourth millennium B.C. through Read more…
