Mar 20 Blog
By: Lauren K. McCormick
Standing on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, you can look east and see a flat-topped mountain rising dramatically above the water. In […]
Jan 8 Blog
By: Megan Sauter
Who were the Maccabees, what did they do? From priests to kings, the Maccabees created an independent Jewish kingdom in the second century BCE. Their […]
Nov 24 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Carrying out excavations at a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered a small clay figurine unlike […]
Sep 29 Blog
Excavations in an underground complex at the site of Huqoq in the Galilee revealed a surprising find: a bronze coin hoard dating to the Gallus […]
Jun 2 Blog
The Galilee is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable regions of the Holy Land, especially for readers of the Gospels. Yet, the Galilee played a […]
Mar 24 Blog
Excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have revealed a complex of underground tunnels built by the Jewish residents of Huqoq, in central Galilee, around […]
Sep 10 Blog
By: Jonathan Laden
A stone, engraved in Greek, reading “Christ born of Mary.”, was found at el-Taiyiba in the Jezreel Valley in the Upper Galilee. It had originally […]
Jul 24 Blog
By: Maria Cambra
Hello from Abel Beth Maacah in the far north of Israel! Being a dig volunteer here has been such a joy and an incredible learning […]
Jan 30 Blog
Did this cathedral in the Galilee play an exceptionally large role in the daily practice of baptisms during the Byzantine period (c. 324–634 CE)? According […]
Jan 20 Blog
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 […]
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