Aug 14
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While participating in a joint course by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the Israeli Ministry of Education, a 17-year-old girl made an incredible discovery—a […]
Aug 7
By: BAS Staff
Archaeologists excavating the site of Legio—the legionary camp of Rome’s Sixth Legion located at the foot of Tel Megiddo in northern Israel—have unearthed the remains […]
Jul 31
How did a Crusader sword end up in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel? Was it an accident or the result of some […]
Jul 24
By: Maria Cambra
Hello from Abel Beth Maacah in the far north of Israel! Being a dig volunteer here has been such a joy and an incredible learning […]
Jul 21
The illegal trade of antiquities is often cited as the third-largest illicit market in the world, after only narcotics and weapons. But just how big […]
Jul 19
The minimalist-maximalist debate within biblical archaeology has waged for decades, with seemingly everyone taking sides. But could this debate be based on scholarly misconceptions about […]
Jul 10
For thousands of years, copper was one of the ancient world’s most important minerals. First produced at scale in the Chalcolithic period (which literally means […]
Jul 7
Without a doubt, Indiana Jones is the most famous “archaeologist” of all time. That is just as true among real-world archaeologists as it is for […]
Jul 3
With the looming threat of Sennacherib’s invasion at the very end of the eighth century BCE, the people of Tel Burna, a site located in […]
Jun 30
Just how big was King David’s Judah? Numerous proposals have been put forward, but it remains a divisive question for archaeologists and biblical scholars alike. […]
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