Mar 18
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Droughts across Iraq have been a major source of humanitarian concern, but they have also provided archaeologists with a rare opportunity to excavate an ancient […]
Mar 17
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the best-known surviving texts from the Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550–332 BCE), due almost entirely to its proposed connection […]
Mar 15
By: Ellen White
Archaeology tells us a lot about the Hittites—and the Neo-Hittites too. But it’s hard to reconcile this with the Hittites of the Bible.
Mar 9
By: BAS Staff
While some scholars suggest that temple prostitution was practiced in ancient Israel, Edward Lipiński argues that neither the Bible nor archaeology provides any clear evidence that Israelite religion incorporated the sexual rites of Canaanite goddesses.
Mar 7
By: Megan Sauter
The meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba is described in the Bible. Bringing exquisite gifts, the Queen of Sheba came from an exotic land—but where exactly?
Mar 3
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Modern people are not the only ones who enjoy a nice drink after work or during a night out on the town. Indeed, 5,000 years […]
Feb 20
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
The Amorites and especially their language have long puzzled scholars. Indeed, many have wondered whether an Amorite language even existed. While the Amorites—first attested during […]
Feb 17
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While the fall of the Hittite Empire—and indeed the collapse of the entire Bronze Age world—has been an important area of research for decades, new […]
Feb 7
By: Megan Sauter
When did the ancient Egyptians stop writing in hieroglyphs, and what came next? From the fourth to ninth centuries C.E., Egypt was predominantly Christian. During this time, the language used by the masses was Coptic.
Jan 18
By: Aaron J. Koller
“In the beginning was the word” (John 1:1)—but what is a word? A “word” is a thing, a concept, that seems clear from afar, but […]
