Aug 14
By: Noah Wiener
Lachish was the second most important city in ancient Judah after Jerusalem. Read seven seminal BAR articles on the Lachish excavations for free.
Dec 10
In a commemoration of the scholarship of Ehud Netzer, Biblical Archaeology Society has made a special collection of his groundbreaking scholarship from the BAS Library available for free.
Sep 1
A striking cache, including a gold medallion inscribed with a menorah, shofar (ram’s horn) and a Torah scroll, was found at the foot of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Jun 26
The disappearance of a 50,000-soldier army provides a tantalizing mystery for archaeologists—what happened? Were they really buried in a massive sandstorm? Not likely, according to Egyptologist Olaf Kaper.
Jun 12
Two new genetic studies published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLOS Genetics suggest that Neolithic Near Eastern expansion occurred over water in addition to land.
Jun 6
IAA archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a double-faced lead seal containing the image of Saint Sabas at a 12th-century farmstead in Jerusalem.
Jun 1
On Sunday, June 1, 2014, Matthew J. Adams was appointed Dorot Director of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, replacing Tel-Miqne/Ekron archaeologist Seymour (Sy) Gitin, who retired after directing the prestigious Jerusalem institute for the past 34 years.
May 23
How did Mesopotamians know whose pottery was whose? They signed them—but not like we do today. They used tiny cylinder seals carved with ornate decorations, and new 360-degree photography shines a new light on these miniature art forms.
May 5
Mark Smith, a Biblical scholar from New York University (NYU), joins Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, a field archaeologist from NYU and the Jewish Theological Seminary, to explore the origins of monotheism as practiced in ancient Israel.
May 2
By wetting the sand in front of sledges carrying heavy stones, Egyptians were able to reduce friction and pull the large objects more easily.
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