The biennial BAS Publication Awards have been presented since 1985. See the 2017 winners! Read more…
Archaeology Today
Learn how modern people come to understand the ancient world. Get to know Biblical archaeology scholars and theories, learn the key topics and debates in the field and find out about the presentation, preservation and conservation conducted for museums and tourism.
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Biblical Archaeology Society 2017 Publication Awards Winners
• 09/17/2017
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The Samaria Ivories—Phoenician or Israelite?
• 08/28/2017
From the moment they were discovered, the Samaria ivories created fanfare. Recently some scholars have challenged the long-accepted assumption about the ivories’ origins. Read more…
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The Four-Room House: Typically Israelite?
• 08/07/2017
Are so-called four-room houses an infallible sign of Israelites’ presence just because many have been found at sites identified as Israelite? If you think they are, how do you avoid Read more…
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First Person: Should These Looters Go to Jail?
• 07/31/2017
Looters sometimes indirectly alert archaeologists to the existence of valuable finds and are sent to jail if they are caught, while the archaeologists learn from the looters where to dig. Read more…
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Biblical History at What Cost?
• 07/24/2017
Recently, the Hobby Lobby corporation—owned by the Green family—agreed to pay a $3 million fine for the purchase of thousands of artifacts believed to have been smuggled out of Iraq. Read more…
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Tarshish: Hacksilber Hoards Pinpoint Solomon’s Silver Source
• 07/11/2017
What is the location of Tarshish, the Biblical source of the Phoenician silver trade? A Hacksilber Project study points to Spain and Sardinia as the Biblical world’s source of Read more…
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Archaeological Looting and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
• 06/07/2017
In the Middle East, archaeological looting and the deliberate destruction of archaeological sites and monuments are rampant. What, if anything, can be done? Read more…
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Danger: Biblical Scholar at Work
• 05/17/2017
Recently Ronald S. Hendel of the University of California, Berkeley, came under attack for promoting academic and critical Bible study. In BAR, Hendel explains how he and his scholarship have Read more…
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Who Tells the Truth—the Bible or Archaeology?
• 05/15/2017
Is the Hebrew Bible a bunch of tales with no value to a historian? Does archaeology hold the keys to truth instead? What are the limitations of both sources of Read more…
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The Arch of Titus’s Menorah Panel in Color
• 04/24/2017
Although many Greek and Roman statues and monuments now appear gleaming white (the result of years of weathering), they were originally brightly colored. Using technology, a team has digitally restored Read more…
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High Places, Altars and the Bamah
• 04/23/2017
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 Read more…
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The Arch of Titus in Color
• 04/12/2017
The article “True Colors: Digital Reconstruction Restores Original Brilliance to the Arch of Titus” by Steven Fine, Peter J. Schertz and Donald H. Sanders in the May/June 2017 issue of Read more…
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Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. (1920–2016)
• 04/12/2017
On Dec. 24, 2016, Joseph Fitzmyer died at the Jesuit Manresa Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was recognized as one of the premier Biblical scholars of his generation. Read more…
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The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians
• 04/08/2017
In part one of a two-part series, Douglas Boin presents new archaeological and historical research in the study of early Christianity. Read more…
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The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians
• 04/08/2017
In part two of a two-part series, Douglas Boin challenges the idea that Christians left so few archaeological traces behind because they couldn’t afford to make them. Read more…
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How Was Jesus’ Tomb Sealed?
• 04/06/2017
Urban C. von Wahlde looks at the Gospel accounts to see how the stone that sealed the tomb of Jesus is portrayed. Read more…
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Ancient Scribe Links Qumran Scrolls to Masada
• 04/04/2017
Paleographer Ada Yardeni identified the handwriting of a single scribe on more than 50 Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and Masada. What can this tell us about the scribal community Read more…
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Ancient Samaria and Jerusalem
• 04/04/2017
Jill Katz explains how the field of urban anthropology can shed light on the ideological differences between Jerusalem and Samaria. Read more…
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Three Stones Make a Wall: An Interview with Author Eric H. Cline
• 04/04/2017
In this exclusive interview, archaeologist Eric H. Cline sits down with Bible History Daily to discuss his new book, Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology (Princeton Univ. Read more…
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Biblical Studies in the Digital Age
• 04/03/2017
In BAR, digital archaeologist Todd R. Hanneken provides an expert overview of innovative technologies his team uses to study an erased parchment manuscript of the Book of Jubilees, an extra-Biblical Read more…
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Watch on CNN: Finding Jesus
• 03/06/2017
CNN’s Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery investigates artifacts that may shed new light on Jesus and his world. Read more…
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Call for Entries: Biblical Archaeology Society 2017 Publication Awards
• 02/21/2017
Nominations are invited for the 2017 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards for books published in 2015 and 2016. Read more…
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Understanding the Good Samaritan Parable
• 01/24/2017
Who were the Samaritans? Dr. Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt University explains how getting an accurate answer to this question can shed light on how shocking the Good Samaritan parable would Read more…
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Digs 2017: Digging Through Time
• 12/19/2016
Each year students and volunteers from around the world travel through time by participating in excavations. We explore the history of the land of the Bible as we dig into Read more…
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2016 BAS Scholarship Winners
• 12/13/2016
Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS dig scholarships in 2016. Read more…
