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Gold Jewelry

Apr 7 Blog

Jerusalem’s Golden Tomb

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young girl was laid to rest in a tomb on what is today Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus. She was buried inside […]

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Mar 31 Blog

Investigating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

By: Megan Souter

Take a pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest site in Christendom, in the Spring 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. Situated […]

Dec 30 Blog

How Ancient Jews Dated Years

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

During the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66–70 C.E.), which ended with the destruction of the Temple, Jews minted their own coins dated to the first, second, third, fourth and, more rarely, even fifth year of the revolt.

Sep 5 Blog

Pilgrims’ Progress to Byzantine Jerusalem

By: Megan Sauter

Jerusalem has been revered as a holy city for millennia—with pilgrims a staple feature in its bustling streets. Egeria’s Travels and the journals of the Bordeaux Pilgrim and the Piacenza Pilgrim demonstrate that this was as true in the Byzantine period as it is today.

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Jun 23 Blog

Who Built the Cardo in Jerusalem?

By: Robin Ngo

The Cardo was Jerusalem's major north-south thoroughfare, as we know from the famous sixth-century Madaba map mosaic in Jordan. But was it fully built in the Roman period or only in the Byzantine period? The magnificent Nea Church that sat at its southern end may provide the answer.

A New Document Dated to Four Years After the Second Jewish Revolt

Jan 9 Blog

A New Document Dated to Four Years After the Second Jewish Revolt

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

During the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66–70 C.E.), which ended with the destruction of the Temple, Jews minted their own coins dated to the first, second, third, fourth and, more rarely, even fifth year of the revolt. In other words, dating began with the beginning of the Jewish revolt. Many of the coins also bore legends like “Jerusalem the Holy” or “Freedom of Zion.”

inscription-hadrian

Oct 21 Blog

Rare Inscription Dedicated to Hadrian Found in Jerusalem

By: Robin Ngo

IAA excavations north of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate have uncovered a stone fragment engraved with an official Latin inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian.

Nov 1 eBook

Jerusalem Archaeology: Exposing the Biblical City

By: BAS Admin

Jerusalem lies at the heart of Biblical archaeology. Download an eBook featuring BAR articles to learn the results of some of the city’s most groundbreaking excavations.

Jerusalem Archaeologists Uncover the “Elusive City” of Aelia Capitolina

Feb 27 Blog

Ten Million Visits to the Western Wall

By: Noah Wiener

Estimates based on Jerusalem police data suggest that there were ten and half million visits to Jerusalem’s Western Wall in 2012.

Jerusalem Archaeologists Uncover the “Elusive City” of Aelia Capitolina

Feb 21 Blog

Jerusalem Archaeologists Uncover the “Elusive City” of Aelia Capitolina

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Recent excavations conducted in and around Jerusalem’s Old City are beginning to reveal the vestiges of Aelia Capitolina, the important but still relatively unknown Roman […]

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