Apr 15
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The origins of Jewish dietary or kosher laws (kashrut) have long been the subject of scholarly research and debate.
Mar 26
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Although excavated structures, pottery and other household artifacts offer a glimpse of daily life in the Iron Age highlands of Canaan, no burials or tombs have been found. What do these findings reveal about the ideology of early Iron Age Israelite society?
Mar 25
By: Robin Ngo
An excavation at a cave in Galilee has uncovered what may be a 2,000-year-old stone vessel production center. In the first century C.E., Jews commonly used stone vessels in observance of Jewish purity laws.
Mar 11
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
In this lecture presented at The Explorers Club in New York, Sarah Yeomans examines a recently excavated archaeological site that has substantially contributed to our understanding of what ancient Romans did to combat disease and injury.
Feb 18
By: James Sickinger
When we think of democracy, we usually think of the ancient Greeks, but identifying the exact origins of political practices can be tricky.
Jan 20
By: Robin Ngo
A study published in PLOS ONE suggests that gladiators really did eat mostly plants and may have drunk an ash tonic as described by ancient authors.
Jan 20
By: Dorothy Willette
Go on a journey of the senses through history and discover the significance of ritual feasts and meals in antiquity.
Jan 7
By: Diane Harris Cline
One way we protect our things is to label them. Ancient Greeks were no different when it came to such practices, including two famous fifth-century B.C.E. Athenians.
Jan 2
By: Michael Hudson
When did people begin issuing interest-bearing loans? And how did they decide how much to charge for the privilege of borrowing money?
Jan 1
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
A seventh-century B.C.E. clay bulla inscribed in paleo-Hebrew script provides evidence for how ancient taxes were collected during the reign of the Biblical King Manasseh.
