Glenn J. Corbett, Author at Biblical Archaeology Society

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Jan 30

The Edomite Stronghold of Sela

King Amaziah of Judah (c. 801–783 B.C.E.), after having slain nearly 10,000 Edomites in battle near the southern end of the Dead Sea, is said to have thrown another 10,000 captives from the top of nearby Sela.

Jan 15

Facelift: Augustus’s Mausoleum

By: Glenn J. Corbett

Two thousand years ago, it stood as a towering monument to the everlasting glory of Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus (63 BCE–14 CE). Situated near […]

Oct 27

Solving the Enigma of Petra and the Nabataeans

By: Glenn J. Corbett

Who were the Nabataeans, the industrious Arab people who built the city of Petra and its towering rock-cut monuments over 2,000 years ago?

Oct 26

Site-Seeing: Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions

By: Glenn J. Corbett

A new program led by the American Center of Oriental Research is, for the first time, allowing visitors to go beyond Petra’s monuments to actually discover and experience its past and present.

Jun 19

Devastation in Antakya

By: Glenn J. Corbett

In February 2023, southern Turkey and northern Syria were hit by a series of powerful earthquakes that laid waste to much of the region. The […]

May 22

Debating the Future of Biblical Archaeology

By: Glenn J. Corbett

This past January, prominent archaeologists and biblical scholars from around the world gathered for a weekend of lectures and discussion at the Lanier Theological Library […]

Feb 4

Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

By: BAS Staff

A recent computer analysis of handwriting from the Great Isaiah Scroll—one of the longest and best preserved of the Dead Sea Scrolls—found the 54-column text was produced by two different scribes who apparently worked in shifts to complete the task.

Jun 9

A Moment for Reflection…And New Beginnings

By: Glenn J. Corbett

Like many of you, we enter this summer season both deeply aware of the incredible pain and loss our global community has suffered during the […]

Jul 28

Word Play

By: Glenn J. Corbett

Three thousand years ago, when alphabetic writing had just begun to spread across the masses of the ancient Near East, written words were far more than idle marks meant simply to be read.

May 1

GIS in Archaeology

By: Glenn J. Corbett

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology is quickly changing the way archaeologists record where excavated artifacts are found on their digs.

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