Nov 19 Blog
By: Henry Curtis Pelgrift
New evidence indicates that the water system at Tel Gezer in Israel may have been built by Canaanites in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 B.C.).
Aug 24 Blog
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Two small clay bullae (seal impressions) found in the course of Eilat Mazar’s City of David, Jerusalem, excavations are bringing Jeremiah, prophet of the last kings of Judah, back to life.
Dec 12 Blog
In the September/October 2013 issue of BAR, Hershel Shanks reviewed the evidence for the dating of the Jerusalem tunnels, citing recent analysis by Aren Maeir and Jeffrey Chadwick. Maeir and Chadwick rejected a chronology proposed in BASOR by Geological Survey of Israel scholars Amihai Sneh, Eyal Shalev and Ram Weinberger. Read a response by Sneh, Shalev and Weinberger.
Mar 16 Blog
The function of these strange, V-shaped markings discovered near the Gihon Spring in the City of David (Jerusalem) has completely baffled archaeologists.
May 1 Blog
By: Amihai Mazar
Back to Scholars Debate “Jezebel” Seal Amihai Mazar, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Marjo Korpel’s identification of the name on the seal published by […]
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