Feb 24 Blog
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?
Aug 10 Blog
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.
Sep 20 Blog
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, […]
Oct 14 Blog
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
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Could a vizier with a Semitic name from ancient Egypt illuminate the story of Joseph in the Bible?
Jun 30 Blog
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
By: BAS Staff
Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS scholarships in 2015.
Nov 4 Blog
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
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
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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