Apr 18
By: BAS Staff
In 2011, archaeologists excavating Avaris (modern Tell el-Dab‘a), in the eastern Nile Delta, made a gruesome discovery. In three pits just outside an ancient palace […]
Apr 14
Just a few miles south of the Sea of Galilee in the Jordan Valley, a special ceremony marked the official opening of the new ‘Ubeidiya […]
Apr 10
Do insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls add to the Masoretic text, and if so, should the original Hebrew Bible text be modified based this information? Scholars from both sides of the divide weigh in on this issue.
Apr 9
Researchers recently uncovered the remains of a construction site at Pompeii that remained undisturbed and preserved for nearly 2,000 years. This exciting discovery opens new […]
Apr 4
By: Elizabeth Knott
Seals are some of the most compelling and ubiquitous objects we have from the ancient Near East. Small enough to grasp in the palm of […]
Apr 1
The Book of Exodus describes ten Egyptian plagues that bring suffering to the land of pharaoh. Are these Biblical plagues plausible on any level?
Mar 31
By: Robert Sugar
As BAR’s Design Director for almost its entire history, I have been involved with the design of nearly every cover of every issue of the […]
Mar 29
By: James K. Hoffmeier
Kenneth A. Kitchen was a giant in the field of Near Eastern studies. His academic interests spanned the languages and histories of the entire Near […]
Mar 28
Across five decades, Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) has brought its readers the best and latest scholarship on archaeology and the world of the Bible. Many […]
At the site of Horvat Qasra in the Judean foothills, between the fifth and the eighth centuries, Byzantine Christians frequented a small tomb chapel cut […]
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