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Sep 20 Blog

Moses as Pharaoh’s Equal—Horns and All

By: Gary A. Rendsburg

In the Spring 2023 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Lee M. Jefferson provided an excellent survey of how the horns of Moses (see Exodus 34:29–30, […]

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Apr 4 Blog

Akhenaten and Moses

By: Robin Ngo

Pharaoh Akhenaten, who abolished the Egyptian pantheon and instituted worship of a single deity, the sun-disk Aten, in the mid-14th century B.C., may have established the world’s first monotheism. Did this influence the birth of Israelite monotheism?

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Dec 6 Blog

The Last Days of Hattusa

By: Trevor Bryce

In the latter part of the second millennium B.C., the Hittite empire was a Near Eastern superpower. Then, suddenly, the empire collapsed and Hattusa was invaded and destroyed.

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Oct 14 Blog

Epilepsy, Tutankhamun and Monotheism

By: Noah Wiener

Tutankhamun died at a young age with a feminine physique. His closest relatives all shared similar features and fates. Imperial College London surgeon Hutan Ashrafian suggests that the royal family may have had an inherited disorder: frontal lobe epilepsy.

Jun 4 Blog

‘Abdiel: Egyptian Vizier and “Servant of the God El”

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Could a vizier with a Semitic name from ancient Egypt illuminate the story of Joseph in the Bible?

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Jun 30 Blog

Timeline of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Saga

By: Christian Askeland

Coptic scholar Christian Askeland provides a timeline of events in the controversial case of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.

Dec 11 Blog

2015 Scholarship Recipients Dig into the Biblical World

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS scholarships in 2015.

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Nov 4 Blog

Where is Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb?

By: Henry Curtis Pelgrift

An intriguing new hypothesis is the talk of archaeologists and historians in Egypt and around the world: Does King Tut’s tomb contain Queen Nefertiti’s crypt?

Jan 6 Blog

Brewmaster’s Tomb

By: Noah Wiener

Recent archaeological investigations at Thebes—Egypt’s capital during its wealthiest period in the 18th dynasty (ca. 1550–1292 B.C.E.)—uncovered evidence of the ancient metropolis’ brewmaster.

Oct 28 Blog

Gezer Excavations Uncover Previously Unknown Canaanite City

By: Robin Ngo

Archaeologists excavating the famous ancient city of Gezer in Israel have discovered a previously unknown Late Bronze Age city at the site.

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