Jun 26
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.
Jun 1
By: Marek Dospěl
The Cairo Geniza refers to the cache of about 300,000 documents found in the attic storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue, located in Fustat (in […]
May 27
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Gideon Avni, who heads the Archaeological Division of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), began his archaeology career in 1980. Since then, he has conducted extensive […]
May 26
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Still another group is looking for Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah landed after the flood. This group is looking to confirm the tradition that nearby Mt. Cudi (Judi Dagh) is really Mt. Ararat, as recorded in the Quran, Sura 11.44.
May 16
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
With advances in technology, there are more archaeology tools than ever to help excavators dig into the past. Yet sometimes there is no substitute for […]
May 10
By: Robin Ngo
Jill Katz explains how the field of urban anthropology can shed light on the ideological differences between Jerusalem and Samaria.
May 6
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
One of the most powerful tools in the modern archaeologist’s toolkit is radiocarbon dating, but what is radiocarbon dating in the first place? In short, […]
May 4
By: Marek Dospěl
Ever since the 19th century, when Western explorers and archaeologists first began to take a serious, professional interest in the history and cultures of the […]
Apr 13
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
With archaeologists returning to Iraq, many finds are coming to light, including a 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian boat from the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk. According to […]
Apr 3
By: Megan Sauter
What kind of stone sealed the tomb of Jesus? Was it a round (disk-shaped) stone or a square (cork-shaped) stone? While both kinds of blocking stones are attested in Jerusalem tombs from the time of Jesus, square (cork-shaped) stones are much, much more common than round (disk-shaped) ones.
