Aug 11
By: BAS Staff
Joseph Aviram, long-time Director and President of the Israel Exploration Society (IES) and a key figure in the development and popularization of the field of […]
Jun 30
By: Thomas E. Levy
Emanuel Marx, pioneer Israeli anthropologist and expert on contemporary Bedouin societies of the Negev and Sinai deserts, passed away on February 13, 2022 while working […]
Jun 30
By: R. Steven Notley
Emanuel Hausman (z”l) passed away in Jerusalem on January 18, 2022, two weeks before his 99th birthday. Although many Biblical Archaeology Review readers may not […]
Mar 9
By: Barbara A. Porter
On January 7, 2022, Martha Joukowsky died at the age of 85 at her home in Providence, Rhode Island, near the Brown University campus where […]
Mar 9
By: Catreena Hamarneh
On January 24, 2022, the archaeological community in Jordan lost Ghazi Bisheh, an ardent researcher who devoted almost half a century to archaeological research. He […]
Jan 19
By: Susan Laden and Rob Sugar
Even though it has been more than two decades since Suzanne Singer left her daily role as Managing Editor of BAR, her influence on the magazine […]
Oct 18
By: Megan Perry
Thomas (Tom) Parker, renowned archaeologist of Roman Jordan, passed away suddenly on September 12, 2021 in Raleigh, North Carolina at the age of 71. Tom had a long research career in Jordan, where he directed the Limes Arabicus and Roman Aqaba Projects and co-directed the Petra North Ridge Project.
Sep 22
By: Barbara A. Porter
On March 28, Bert de Vries, long time director of the Umm al Jimal excavations in Jordan and former director of the American Center of […]
Sep 8
By: Shelley Wachsmann
George F. Bass, who established the discipline of nautical archaeology, died on March 2, 2021, at the age of 88. During his first semester in […]
May 26
By: Megan Sauter
Dr. Eilat Mazar (1956–2021), who passed away on May 25, 2021, was archaeology royalty. Her grandfather, Benjamin Mazar, directed excavations at Beth Shearim, Tell Qasile, […]
