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May 11 Blog

Did I Find King David’s Palace?

By: Eilat Mazar

Digging just south of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Eilat Mazar uncovered a monumental building from the tenth century B.C.—the right time and the right place for David’s royal residence.

Dec 12 Blog

2017 BAS Scholarship Winners

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS dig scholarships in 2017.

Jul 11 Blog

Tarshish: Hacksilber Hoards Pinpoint Solomon’s Silver Source

By: Noah Wiener

What is the location of Tarshish, the Biblical source of the Phoenician silver trade? A Hacksilber Project study points to Spain and Sardinia as the Biblical world’s source of silver in the 10th century B.C.E., lending scientific credence to textual associations between Biblical Tarshish and modern Sardinia.

Dec 13 Blog

From the Days of King David

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Incredible artifacts from the site of Khirbet Qeiyafa are on display—many for the first time—in the exhibit In the Valley of David and Goliath at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.

Dec 13 Blog

2016 BAS Scholarship Winners

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS dig scholarships in 2016.

Sep 28 Blog

First Person: BAR Gives Away $50,000

By: Hershel Shanks

BAR is giving $50,000 in grants to professional archaeological excavations in Israel.

Dec 11 Blog

2015 Scholarship Recipients Dig into the Biblical World

By: BAS Staff

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

Dec 14 Blog

2014 Scholarship Recipients Go Digging

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from some of the individuals who were awarded BAS scholarships in 2014.

Jul 12 Blog

Rare Egyptian Sphinx Fragment Discovered at Hazor

By: Robin Ngo

Excavators at the prominent Biblical site of Hazor in northern Israel have discovered part of a sphinx belonging to one of the pyramid-building pharaohs. All that remains of the small granite statue is the base holding the paws and part of the forearms of the sphinx.

Feb 13 Blog

Le Projet Béthesda (1994–2010)

By: Reviewed by Urban C. von Wahlde

Urban C. von Wahlde reviews "Le Projet Béthesda (1994–2010)" by Claudine Dauphin and Shimon Gibson.

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