Jun 14
By: Marek Dospěl
Egyptian archaeologists will start digging at two sites in Saudi Arabia in late 2021 to learn more about Egypt's connections to ancient Arabia.
Jun 13
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute who repented or simply an influential female follower of Jesus? Mary from Magdala has popularly been saddled with an unfavorable reputation, but how did this notion come about?
Jun 12
By: Megan Sauter
In the Bible, the inner shrine of Solomon’s Temple is described as having five mezuzot. What are they? The question has puzzled Biblical scholars for centuries. Does a recently discovered shrine model from Khirbet Qeiyafa hold the answer?
Jun 11
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have attracted as much attention as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible.
Jun 9
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 […]
Jun 9
By: Robin Ngo
For the first time, researchers have conducted DNA sequencing on ancient Canaanite skeletons and have determined where the Canaanites’ descendants can be found today.
Jun 8
By: Marek Dospěl
The enduring COVID-19 global crisis has demonstrated in plentiful ways that such catastrophic events as pandemics are able not only shape human history but also […]
Jun 7
By: Noah Wiener
Geza Vermes explores the origin of Christianity by examining the characteristics of the Jewish Jesus movement to see how it developed into a distinctly gentile religion.
Jun 6
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The Bethesda Pool, where Jesus heals the paralytic man in the Gospel of John, is a complex site. It appears to have been a mikveh, or ritual bath.
