Biblical Archaeology Basics

modern wooded bridge pathway along megiddo waterway. Courtesy Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Feb 23

Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters

Biblical archaeology is not a niche offshoot of archaeology. It was there at the beginning. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, excavations in Egypt, […]

Illustration of bread Stamp. Illustration courtesy James Gold.

Feb 16

What Is Archaeological Illustration?

By: James Gold

On the western side of Larnaka Bay in Cyprus, overlooking the Mediterranean, lies an imposing plateau known as Vigla. This fortified settlement, occupied briefly during […]

An example of animal bones collected from an archaeological context. Photograph by Sasha Flit; courtesy of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University.

May 21

What Is Zooarchaeology?

By: Deirdre N. Fulton and Lidar Sapir-Hen

What is zooarchaeology? Anyone who works in the field of zooarchaeology has been asked this question on numerous occasions. One of the more memorable queries […]

Nov 16

Archaeology Argot: Massebah

By: BAS Staff

The practice of erecting stones is very ancient and widespread, documented worldwide with such iconic monuments as Stonehenge in England and the moai statues of […]

Feb 11

Five Ways to Defend an Ancient City

By: Oded Borowski

Fortifications in the Biblical World What distinguished an ancient village or town from a city? One thing, perhaps the most important, was fortifications. […]

Biblical Archaeology Basics