Jan 6 Blog
By: John Drummond
It is arguable that other than Jesus himself, no one has been more influential on the development of Christianity than the apostle Paul. One can […]
Jun 27 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While Cypriot pithoi were commonly used in maritime shipping during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1550–1200 BCE), few have ever been found in the southern […]
Sep 6 Blog
By: BAS Staff
The Penn Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania www.penn.museum The Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia (commonly known as […]
Jul 17 Blog
By: Clinton J. Moyer
Editor’s Note: This blog article contains images of human skeletal remains. In one of the most impressive Mediterranean discoveries ever made, the University of Gothenburg’s […]
Sep 23 Blog
Were Bronze Age Canaanites on drugs? Apparently so. To be fair, drug use across the ancient world was much more common than one might think, […]
Jul 4 Blog
By: Stephanie Budin
Archaeologists cannot seem to separate their interpretations of female iconography from ideas about fertility. Every goddess of every ancient pantheon is understood to be a […]
Dec 13 Blog
Our modern world is defined by global trade and commerce, but such globalized economies were known in antiquity as well. New finds by the University of […]
Jun 28 Blog
The ancient coastal center of Dor, which is located 13 miles south of modern Haifa, flourished from the Middle Bronze Age into the Late Roman […]
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