Mar 10 Blog
By: David Moster
10 The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem houses one of the world’s most important collections of Biblical artifacts.
Nov 27 Blog
By: BAS Staff
The Book of Genesis tells us that God created woman from one of Adam’s ribs. But Biblical scholar Ziony Zevit says that the traditional translation of the Biblical text is wrong: Eve came from a different part of Adam’s body—his baculum.
Nov 25 Blog
By: Ellen White
Archaeology tells us a lot about the Hittites—and the Neo-Hittites too. But it’s hard to reconcile this with the Hittites of the Bible.
Aug 1 Blog
Was there really weeping from the Judahite exiles by the rivers of Babylon? New evidence suggests that life was actually pretty good for some Judahite deportees and their successors.
Jun 19 Blog
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Joel S. Baden and Candida R. Moss analyze the Biblical portrayal of infertility in the Biblical Views column “Reevaluating Biblical Infertility.”
May 25 Blog
By: Robin Ngo
According to the Bible, the Israelites stayed at a place called Kadesh-Barnea following their Exodus from Egypt and wanderings through the desert. Where is Kadesh-Barnea?
May 22 Blog
The stories of Sodom and its destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called “cities of the plain” mentioned in Genesis 13, verse 12. But where exactly was this plain, and was a particular site associated with Sodom?
Mar 4 Blog
For the first time, the royal seal of King Hezekiah in the Bible has been found in an archaeological excavation.
Nov 28 Blog
By: Dorothy Willette
Go on a journey of the senses through history and discover the significance of ritual feasts and meals in antiquity.
May 11 Blog
By: Eilat Mazar
Digging just south of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Eilat Mazar uncovered a monumental building from the tenth century B.C.—the right time and the right place for David’s royal residence.
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