01/03 | 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…
Posted in Biblical Archaeology Sites, Daily Life and Practice, The Ancient Near Eastern World.
10/31 | This summer, NC State and East Carolina University began a new excavation on Petra’s North Ridge, exposing evidence from shaft tombs, domestic structures and new evidence of the city wall. Read more…
Posted in Daily Life and Practice, News.
08/08 | For every tourist who visits the ancient city of Petra in modern day Jordan, there is one breathtaking moment that captures all of the grandeur and mystery of this city Read more…
Posted in The Ancient Near Eastern World.
Gabriel Barkay
Listen to Gabriel Barkay outline ten key points all scholars should agree on in judging issues of authenticity of artifacts.
Noah Wiener
One of the most exceptional and well-preserved mosaics ever to be discovered in the Holy Land is now on view in the world’s most visited museum.
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Dorothy D. Resig
Dorothy D. Resig reviews "Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion" edited by Patricia C. Pongracz.
