Archaeology Today
Aug 3
Cypriot Coin found at Ashdod
A silver-plated Cypriot coin dating to the mid-fifth century BCE has been discovered on Ashdod Beach. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported that the coin […]
Aug 2
High Places, Altars and the Bamah
By: Ellen White
The open-air altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot), is known through several books of the Biblical canon. Often referred to as “high places” in translations of the Bible, bamot were worship sites that usually contained an altar.
Jul 27
Mysterious Pre-Islamic Arabian Script Deciphered
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
In the deserts of Oman and Yemen can be found a treasure trove of ancient inscriptions written in pre-Islamic Arabian scripts. Among these is the […]
Jul 22
Gaza’s Catastrophic Loss
By: Glenn J. Corbett
Across an area only about half the size of Manhattan, the Gaza Strip features hundreds of archaeological and heritage sites, ranging in date from prehistoric […]
Jul 10
Colossae: A Biblical City of the Classical World
Colossae is an ancient city in the Lycus Valley of western Turkey, near the modern town of Honaz and the ancient cities of Laodicea and […]
Jul 10
Two-Thousand-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off Turkish Coast
Off the southwestern coast of Turkey, archaeologists made a stunning discovery: a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with its cargo still packed neatly where it had been stored […]
Jun 29
The Mediterranean’s Master Traders
By: Clinton J. Moyer
The Phoenicians were the maritime traders par excellence during the Iron Age. By the late ninth century BCE, they had ventured from their home cities […]
Jun 10
The Dead Cities of Christian Syria
By: Marek Dospěl
“Nestled amid the hills and valleys of the rugged limestone highlands of the Aleppo Plateau in northwest Syria stand the remains of ancient towns and […]
Jun 9
Locating Zoar
By: BAS Staff
Read Master’s College professor Bill Schlegel’s commentary on the location of Zoar along with Steven Collins’s response.
Jun 1
Moza Rewrites History, Again
A new study from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Moza, just west of Jerusalem, argues that the site’s prehistoric residents mastered a sophisticated plaster […]
