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A rock-hewn altar carved out of limestone located about a mile from Shiloh. The four corners point to the four directions on a compass (Exodus 27:1-2). Photo: Yoel Elitzur

Feb 22 Blog

High Places, Altars and the Bamah

The open-air altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot), is known through several books of the Biblical canon. Often referred to as “high places” in translations of the Bible, bamot were worship sites that usually contained an altar.

Jan 7 Blog

At Carthage, Child Sacrifice?

By: Robin Ngo

Was child sacrifice really practiced at ancient Carthage? In BAR, Patricia Smith discusses the research she and her team conducted on the cremated remains from the Carthage Tophet.

Mar 2 Blog

Did the Ancient Israelites Think Children Were People?

By: T. M. Lemos

The Book of Exodus presumably reflects the views of its Israelite authors on their deity, morality, and the like. Why then would the Israelites have imagined Yahweh slaughtering Egyptian children for sins the children themselves had not committed? Did the Israelites even think children were persons with any type of rights?

Feb 13 Blog

What Does the Bible Say About Children—and What Does Archaeology Say?

By: Megan Sauter

What was it like to be a child in the ancient Near East? What role did they play in the household?

Nov 15 Blog

Child Sacrifice in Biblical Phoenicia

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

For millennia, an ancient graveyard lay beneath the waves, waiting to be discovered. The graveyard, located a few miles north of Akko along Israel’s northern […]

Aug 2 Blog

Defining Biblical Hermeneutics

By: Ellen White

The hermeneutics of the Bible are the many ways people read the Bible.

Jul 27 Blog

Did the Carthaginians Really Practice Infant Sacrifice?

By: Robin Ngo

One of the most debated questions in the study of the ancient world is whether or not the Carthaginians practiced human sacrifice—more specifically, the sacrifice of infants. Recent studies have provided comprehensive evidence that the Carthaginians really did sacrifice their own children.

Jul 5 Blog

The “High Place” at Tel Gezer

By: Robin Ngo

Tel Gezer’s first excavator, R.A.S. Macalister, believed there was a “high place” dedicated to child sacrifice at the Canaanite site. William G. Dever disagrees.

Jul 2 Blog

Giant of Iron Age Research

By: Daniel M. Master

Daniel M. Master writes a tribute to Lawrence E. Stager, one of the most significant Biblical archaeologist of the past 40 years.

Dec 9 Blog

D.C.-Area Archaeology Event

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

On December 14, 2016, Brien Garnand, Assistant Professor of Classics at Howard University, will deliver the lecture "Carthage and the Forgotten Phoenicians in the Ancient Mediterranean" in the D.C. area.

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