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Megan Sauter

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Apr 9

The Tomb of Queen Helena of Adiabene

By: Megan Sauter

R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. García explore Queen Helena’s Jerusalem tomb and the recently excavated Jerusalem palace that might belong to her.

Apr 9

The Art of Empathy

By: Reviewed by Megan Sauter

Megan Sauter reviews "The Art of Empathy: The Mother of Sorrows in Northern Renaissance Art and Devotion" by David S. Areford.

Dec 12

Between Heaven and Earth

By: Megan Sauter

Megan Sauter reviews "Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt" edited by Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer.

Sep 20

Chersonesos Receives Its Due

By: Megan Sauter

Chersonesos, a fifth-century B.C.E. Greek settlement on the northern shores of the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Jul 10

Jerusalem’s Earliest Alphabetic Text

By: Megan Sauter

Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has uncovered an inscribed jar fragment from her excavations near the Temple Mount. Dating to the tenth century B.C., the inscription is the earliest alphabetic text ever found in Jerusalem.

Jul 5

“Lay Some Flowers on My Grave”

By: Megan Sauter

Fourteen-thousand-year-old examples of grave flowers have been uncovered in burials in Israel from the Natufian culture. The Natufians lived in the Levant from 13,000–9800 B.C. The culture was remarkable in that it was sedentary—or at least semi-sedentary—before the introduction of agriculture.

Jul 3

Education from the Trenches

By: Megan Sauter

Last summer Nichole Moos, a public school teacher from Hamilton Elementary School in Chicago participated in the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon in Israel and developed curriculum for a pre-K audience.

Jun 27

The Face of an Israelite Judge

By: Megan Sauter

During excavations this summer, yet another mosaic depicting Samson was uncovered at the fifth-century synagogue of Huqoq in Lower Galilee.

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