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Team photo of the Abila Archaeological Project. Courtesy Tim Snow, Abila Archaeological Project

Dec 20 Blog

Digs 2025

Hot, dusty days and nights full of learning—this is the life of an archaeologist during the excavation season. Working from dawn to dusk, everyone—from excavation […]

Oct 18 Blog

New Tomb Found at Petra

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Petra, the dazzling, 2,000-year-old Nabatean city in southern Jordan, has not given up all her secrets quite yet, it seems. Recent excavations revealed a previously unknown […]

Sep 13 Blog

Cultic Weaponry of Urartu

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations at the site of Ayanis Castle in eastern Turkey revealed three magnificent bronze shields and a helmet dedicated to Haldi, the chief god of […]

Broken glass vessels from Second Temple Jerusalem. Courtesy Eliyahu Yanai, City of David.

Aug 23 Blog

Second Temple Trash

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations of Jerusalem’s Second Temple drainage channel have revealed fascinating details about the last decades of the flourishing city before its destruction by the Romans […]

Jun 14 Blog

The Golan’s Roman Road

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Extending through the southern Golan is one of the best-preserved Roman roads in the region, connecting the Sea of Galilee to the ancient Syrian city […]

May 12 Blog

2023 Dig Scholarship Winners

By: BAS Staff

For almost four decades, the Biblical Archaeology Society has been connecting volunteers with the opportunity to participate in some of the most exciting and groundbreaking […]

Feb 27 Blog

Brain Surgery at Canaanite Megiddo

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Editor’s Note: This blog article contains images of human skeletal remains. While archaeology is not brain surgery, sometimes it can find evidence for it in the […]

Jan 20 Blog

Digging In: El-Araj

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Hear from archaeologists, volunteers, and students excavating El-Araj in this exclusive video. This is the latest post in Bible History Daily’s ongoing series about […]

Jan 2 Blog

New Excavations of the Cave of Salome

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A 2,000-year-old burial cave associated with Salome—a character from the apocryphal Gospel of James who some early Christians believed help deliver the baby Jesus—has been […]

Dec 16 Blog

Sling Bullet with Greek Inscription Discovered in Israel

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

“Victory of Heracles and Hauronas” reads the Greek inscription from a 2,200-year-old sling bullet. Contrary to what you might expect, however, the bullet was found […]

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