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Feb 2 Blog

Lebanese Cedar—The Prized Tree of Ancient Woodworking

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

From Solomon’s Temple to the Jesus Boat, the Biblical world was built of cedar.

Sep 2 Blog

Herod’s Temple Mount Revealed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Restoration

By: Noah Wiener

As a result of earthquakes, Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount had to be dismantled and reconstructed in the 1930s and 1940s. Massive Cedar of Lebanon and cypress beams were reused, and others were simply removed. Some of these beams are significantly older than the mosque itself. Were these timbers from Al-Aqsa once part of Herod’s Temple Mount architecture?

May 20 Blog

Hidden in Plain Sight—Painted Phoenician Ivories

By: Noah Wiener

French and German researchers recently discovered nearly-invisible traces of metal on Phoenician ivories, suggesting the presence of dyes including copper-based Egyptian blue and iron-based hematite, according to a recent X-ray fluorescence microimaging study published in Analytical Chemistry.

Aug 23 Blog

Cedars of Lebanon Under Threat

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Lebanon’s majestic cedar trees, famously used in the building of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 5:6), have survived thousands of years of human use and exploitation. […]

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