Nov 6
By: Marek Dospěl
The Biblical story of Naboth and his vineyard have come to life in a recent excavation at Jezreel, where archaeologists excavated an Iron Age winery at the foot of Tel Jezreel.
Aug 7
Are so-called four-room houses an infallible sign of Israelites’ presence just because many have been found at sites identified as Israelite? If you think they are, how do you avoid the pitfall of circular argumentation, which is implied in this reasoning?
May 15
Is the Hebrew Bible a bunch of tales with no value to a historian? Does archaeology hold the keys to truth instead? What are the limitations of both sources of information? Is it even possible to write a comprehensive and honest history of ancient Israel? Eminent archaeologist William G. Dever attempts to marry archaeology and the Bible.
Apr 11
Marek Dospěl reviews "Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom" by Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold and Kei Yamamoto.
Apr 3
In BAR, digital archaeologist Todd R. Hanneken provides an expert overview of innovative technologies his team uses to study an erased parchment manuscript of the Book of Jubilees, an extra-Biblical Jewish religious work composed in mid-second century B.C.E.
Mar 23
Biblical Hazor was the largest and most important royal city in the Southern Levant in the second millennium B.C.E. Where are the cuneiform archives at Hazor?
Nov 23
An exhibition currently on display at the Roman Colosseum resurrects some of the recently demolished monuments in the Middle East and raises awareness about the continuing destruction.
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