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Oct 28 Blog

Dating Biblical Wars through Magnetic Fields

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists often use destruction layers to help date ancient sites, especially when the destructions can be linked to known events, such as the biblical war […]

May 6 Blog

What is Radiocarbon Dating?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

One of the most powerful tools in the modern archaeologist’s toolkit is radiocarbon dating, but what is radiocarbon dating in the first place? In short, […]

Sep 7 Blog

Avraham Faust on David’s Palace

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Eilat Mazar’s excavation and archaeology methods are beyond reproach, but her recent claim to have discovered King David’s palace at her Jerusalem dig site has […]

What Do Archaeologists Do With the Bible?

Dec 27 Blog

What Do Archaeologists Do With the Bible?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In the July/August 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Hershel Shanks’s First Person dealt with Ronny Reich’s new book, Excavating the City of David. In Reich’s book he commented on Eilat Mazar’s excavations, also in the City of David, where she claims to have found King David’s palace. Reich objected to Mazar’s archaeology methods and questionable use of archaeology and the Bible--predicting that she would find David’s palace and then conducting an excavation in which she claimed to have located exactly what she set out to find.

Hershel Shanks

Sep 29 Blog

Hershel Shanks Asks About Eilat Mazar’s Biblical Archaeology Methods

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Hershel Shanks questions whether speculation about the Large Stone Structure as King David’s palace indicates flawed archaeology methods.

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