May 19
By: Megan Sauter
Archaeologist Eilat Mazar reveals what may be a seal impression of the prophet Isaiah—unveiled here for the first time ever—in honor of Hershel Shanks’s retirement as Editor of BAR.
May 18
By: Robin Ngo
For the first time, the royal seal of King Hezekiah in the Bible has been found in an archaeological excavation.
May 10
By: Robin Ngo
Only portions of Nero’s Golden House have survived nearly two millennia of history—including a newly discovered palace room.
May 6
By: BAS Staff
In 2018, Christie’s Auction House sold an ancient Assyrian relief for $31 million, setting a new world record for Assyrian art.
May 4
By: Noah Wiener
Bacterial research has linked the Justinian Plague to the world’s most infamous affliction, the Black Death.
May 3
By: Robin Ngo
Scholars have proposed a new reading of the Mesha Stele: one line refers not to the “House of David,” but to the Moab king Balak from the story of Balaam in the Bible.
Apr 18
By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister
A team of underwater archaeologists recently found the remains of an ancient shipwreck just off the coast of Turkey.
Apr 16
By: Megan Sauter
An impressive new seal impression has been uncovered in the City of David in Jerusalem.
Apr 8
By: Noah Wiener
Italian archaeologists excavating the Phrygian city of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey uncovered the remains of Pluto’s Gate, a site considered an entrance into the underworld in the Greco-Roman period.
Mar 25
By: Robin Ngo
An excavation at a cave in Galilee has uncovered what may be a 2,000-year-old stone vessel production center. In the first century C.E., Jews commonly used stone vessels in observance of Jewish purity laws.
