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Feb 5 Blog

The Family Tomb of Alexander the Great

Who is buried in Alexander the Great’s family tomb? Although it has been known for some time that the tombs of the Great Tumulus included […]

The Preaching of St. Paul at Ephesus, Eustache Le Sueur. Public Domain, via Web Gallery of Art.

Nov 17 Blog

Paul’s Religious Revolution

By: Nijay Gupta

Ancient religions came in all shapes and sizes, but by and large they had in common association with a particular ethnic group, ties to a […]

Oct 6 Blog

A Greek Hetaira in Hellenistic Jerusalem

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations near Ramat Rahel in southern Jerusalem have revealed the burial cave of a hetaira, an ancient Greek courtesan. Dating to the late fourth or […]

Nov 8 Blog

Burial Practices of Ancient Asia Minor

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

New excavations at the site of Blaundus in western Turkey are shedding light on the burial practices of ancient Asia Minor. Blaundus was a major […]

Aug 18 Blog

Ancient Christian Settlement Discovered in Egypt

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Marea, a Christian settlement built in Egypt shortly after the conquest of Alexander the Great, was 25 miles southwest of Alexandria. The newly discovered portions of the site date to the sixth century C.E., when Marea served as a waystation for Christian pilgrims traveling to Abu Mena, the location of the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria.

May 26 Blog

BASONOVA–Septuagint, Synagogue, and Symbiosis: The Jews of Hellenistic Egypt

By: BAS Staf

The conquests of Alexander the Great brought Hellenism to the entire Near East in the late 4th century B.C.E. No Jewish community reflects the symbiosis […]

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