Nov 25 Blog
By: Hershel Shanks
Archaeologist Hillel Geva says that population estimates for ancient Jerusalem are too high. His new estimates begin with people living on no more than a dozen acres.
Apr 7 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
While excavating an ancient olive press in southern Israel, excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) discovered a beautifully painted jug that depicts one of […]
May 11 Blog
By: Eilat Mazar
Digging just south of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Eilat Mazar uncovered a monumental building from the tenth century B.C.—the right time and the right place for David’s royal residence.
Sep 19 Blog
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a remarkable rural estate in the Negev Desert, dating to the eighth-ninth […]
Oct 22 Blog
By: Jonathan Laden
Ancient societies often don’t leave behind complete descriptions of their lives. Every source of information can help modern researchers understand better, even what the members […]
Sep 14 Blog
By: Jonathan Klawans
Every visitor to Jerusalem has seen David’s Tower. Scholar Jonathan Klawans recommends venturing inside the magnificent complex.
Oct 11 Blog
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Mary Joan Winn Leith reviews The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology, edited by Paul Corby Finney.
Jul 23 Blog
By: Tracy Hoffman
Dr. Tracy Hoffman provides an end-of-the-season assessment of what the staff and volunteers accomplished this summer at Ashkelon.
Dec 14 Blog
By: Megan Sauter
For the “Dig” 2015 issue, we checked in with individuals featured on the cover of past “Dig” issues as well as former BAS scholarship recipients.
Jul 9 Blog
By: James Riley Strange
Shikhin Excavation Project director James Riley Strange discusses the importance of the site of Shikhin, an ancient village in Jewish Galilee. Shikhin was an important Roman pottery production center closely tied to its larger neighbor, Sepphoris.
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