Mar 19
By: Megan Sauter
What was life like for women in the Christian Church during the first century C.E.? When the books of the New Testament were being written, […]
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 21
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
From Solomon’s Temple to the Jesus Boat, the Biblical world was built of cedar.
Jan 29
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Anyone can make a mudbrick! The recipe is simple—and the ingredients are common.
Jan 19
By: Megan Sauter
Go on a culinary adventure through historical and archaeological remains to reconstruct the diet of the average person in Roman Palestine.
Jan 17
By: Robin Ngo
Was child sacrifice really practiced at ancient Carthage? In BAR, Patricia Smith discusses the research she and her team conducted on the cremated remains from the Carthage Tophet.
Jan 8
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
What are the origins of animal sacrifice? We know that many ancient cultures practiced ritual sacrifice, and ancient sacrifice in Israel was a part of religious worship at the Jerusalem Temple. While ritual sacrifice is now discouraged in many modern religions–with the ritual sacrifice now often represented by symbolic acts and gestures—ancient sacrifice in Israel and many other ancient cultures was a common part of religious worship.
Jan 3
By: Megan Sauter
Were there synagogues before the Romans destroyed the Temple, or did they develop only afterward? Communal structures from the Second Temple period have been discovered, but should they be considered synagogues even though they don’t share the major architectural feature common to post-destruction synagogues?
Dec 26
By: Marek Dospěl
Where can we situate the origins of Judaism? If we were able to travel back in time, would we find ancient Israelites and Judeans following […]
Nov 24
By: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
A team from the Tell Halif archaeological excavation made their own tannur, a traditional oven referenced in the Hebrew Bible, and baked bread in it.
