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Dec 2 Blog

First Person: Did the Kingdoms of Saul, David and Solomon Actually Exist?

In BAR, Hershel Shanks examines a recent article published by archaeologist Amihai Mazar. Mazar contends that while the Biblical narratives were written hundreds of years after the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon, they “retain memories of reality.”

Aug 23 Blog

The Arch of Titus’s Menorah Panel in Color

By: Megan Sauter

Using technology, a team has digitally restored a panel from the Arch of Titus—which famously depicts captured treasures from Jerusalem’s Temple being paraded through Rome—to its original color.

Aug 13 Blog

Çatalhöyük Mural: The Earliest Representation of a Volcanic Eruption?

By: Noah Wiener

In the early 1960s, archaeologist James Mellaart uncovered a mural at Çatalhöyük, the world’s largest and best-preserved Neolithic site, which he interpreted to represent a volcanic eruption.

Jan 18 Blog

Virtually Explore Jesus’ Tomb at the National Geographic Museum

By: Samuel Pfister

3-D technology brings Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre to life in the National Geographic Museum exhibit Tomb of Christ: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Experience.

Jun 28 Blog

Bronze Age Collapse: Pollen Study Highlights Late Bronze Age Drought

By: Noah Wiener

What caused the Bronze Age collapse? A study of pollen grains in sediment cores beneath the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea provides a different view of the Bronze Age collapse.

Jul 19 Blog

Condemned to Mine Copper

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Sending condemned prisoners to mine copper in the Faynan in present-day Jordan was a popular form of early Christian persecution in the Roman Empire.

May 9 Blog

Virtual Reality in Archaeology

By: Abby VanderHart

Virtual Reality technology has been helping tourists understand ancient sites by allowing them to view a simulated 3D environment through a headset.

Apr 30 Blog

A Royal Tomb at Biblical Armageddon?

By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister

In 2016, team members of the Megiddo Expedition digging at the location of Biblical Armageddon uncovered a lavish tomb adjacent to a monumental Middle Bronze Age palace.

Dec 6 Blog

Aerial Technology Directs Archaeologists to Idumean Structure

By: Samuel Pfister

With the aid of drones, archaeologists working in the Lachish region found what may be an Idumean palace or temple.

Sep 8 Blog

Does Radiocarbon Dating Accuracy Help Us Determine Bible Chronology?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Is radiocarbon dating more reliable to determine Biblical chronology than traditional methods of dating archaeological strata?

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