May 8
By: Krystal V.L. Pierce
After more than a decade of renovations totaling almost one million euros ($1,100,000), the Tomb of the Kings in Jerusalem is open to the public. […]
May 5
By: Robert Bewley and Firas Bqa’in
Since its launch in 1997, the Aerial Archaeology in Jordan (AAJ) project has aimed to use aerial reconnaissance and photography to discover previously unrecorded sites […]
May 2
By: BAS Staff
A new and comprehensive radiocarbon study of First Temple Jerusalem—conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science—has produced […]
Apr 28
Egeria’s Travels is an early Christian pilgrimage account by an educated and well-traveled woman from the Roman province of Galicia (in modern Spain) that tells […]
Apr 26
By: Adam E. Miglio
What do the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh have in common? Surprisingly, a lot. Chapters 1–11 of Genesis reached their final form […]
Apr 25
Excavations carried out in Italy on the northern slopes of Mt. Vesuvius by the University of Tokyo have uncovered what could very well be the […]
Apr 24
A recent study has sought to determine by sophisticated methods whether Khirbet Qumran was home to a community of sectarian Jews, the Essenes.
Apr 23
It seems like only yesterday that many were waiting on a groundhog to give his forecast for the coming weeks, but now spring is in […]
Apr 21
By: Morag Kersel and Meredith Chesson
On March 3, 2025, we lost an understated and under-recognized giant in the field of biblical archaeology. Nancy Lapp (née Renn) was steadfast in her […]
Ongoing excavations at the Italian site of Pompeii recently revealed a spectacular dining hall with elegant black walls, decorated with beautiful frescoes featuring mythological scenes […]
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