News
Jul 18
Fragment of Homer’s Odyssey Unearthed at Olympia
By: Robin Ngo
Archaeologists working at the Greek site of Olympia, home of the ancient Olympic Games, discovered a Roman-period clay tablet containing 13 lines of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey.
Jul 12
The Animals Went in Two by Two, According to Babylonian Ark Tablet
By: Noah Wiener
A recently translated Old Babylonian flood tablet describes how to build a circular ark.
Apr 27
Egyptian Stela Depicts Emperor Tiberius as Pharaoh
By: John Drummond
Recent restoration efforts by the Egyptian-French Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak (CFEETK) have revealed an intriguing discovery—a sandstone stela depicting the […]
Apr 16
DNA Suggests Early Jewish Links with Africa
By: BAS Staff
A DNA study that compared the genetic makeup of Jewish populations from around the world with African populations has found that modern Jews can attribute […]
Mar 17
Bible Secrets Revealed, Episode 3: “The Forbidden Scriptures”
By: BAS Staff
Read what Bible Secrets Revealed consulting producer Dr. Robert Cargill reveals about the third installment of the History Channel series.
Mar 16
Azekah’s Stunning New Do
By: Sabine Kleiman, Manfred Oeming, Oded Lipschits
Clay nude female figurines are a common find at Late Bronze Age sites in the southern Levant. Typically hand-sized and made from a mold, these […]
Feb 17
When Was the Hebrew Bible Written?
By: Robin Ngo
When was the Hebrew Bible written? Ostraca with Hebrew inscriptions excavated from the Iron Age fortress at Arad in Israel may provide clues, say researchers from Tel Aviv University.
Dec 10
Israel’s Oldest Chinese Inscription Found on Mt. Zion
Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology made an unexpected discovery while excavating on Jerusalem’s Mt. Zion: a […]
Nov 29
Baptismal Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
By: Robin Ngo
In 2015, UNESCO added the archaeological complex at Al-Maghtas, Jordan—called the Biblical “Bethany beyond the Jordan”—to its World Heritage List. Another tradition places the baptismal site on the west bank of the Jordan River—in Israel.
Nov 4
Where Is Biblical Bethsaida?
By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister
The ancient village of Bethsaida frequently mentioned in the Gospels is believed to be located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, but where precisely the abandoned city lies remains a fiercely-debated question among scholars.
