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Painting 'He turned their waters into blood,' by the 19th-century American folk painter Erastus Salisbury Field (1805–1900). Photo: National Gallery of Art, Washington/Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Mar 31 Blog

Exodus in the Bible and the Egyptian Plagues

By: BAS Staff

The Book of Exodus describes ten Egyptian plagues that bring suffering to the land of pharaoh. Are these Biblical plagues plausible on any level?

The Jerusalem Citadel

Nov 14 Blog

What Were the Crusades and How Did They Impact Jerusalem?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Some of the most famous churches in Jerusalem were built during the Christian Crusades by Crusaders wishing to memorialize sites they believed to have great Christian significance.

Sep 20 Blog

Moses as Pharaoh’s Equal—Horns and All

By: Gary A. Rendsburg

In the Spring 2023 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Lee M. Jefferson provided an excellent survey of how the horns of Moses (see Exodus 34:29–30, […]

Jan 25 Blog

Mary, Isis, and the Goddesses of the Via Egnatia

By: Valerie Abrahamsen

The Via Egnatia, which ran from Constantinople in the east to Dyrrachium, Albania, in the west, was one portion of the more than 50,000 miles […]

provenzale-orpheus

Dec 31 Blog

Borrowing from the Neighbors

By: Sarah Yeomans

Living in the Greco-Roman world, early Christians were able to draw from a set of rich artistic paradigms when they set out to depict their stories and beliefs in decorative contexts. This often led to the assimilation of well-established pagan artistic styles and images into early Christian art. The sculptors, fresco painters and mosaic artists who created Christian images did so by using the prolific examples of art and decoration that shaped their artistic landscape.

Temple Wall at Edfu

Sep 4 Blog

The Ark at Edfu

By: Don Knebel

Don Knebel traveled with BAS to Egypt in 2007; subsequently Jordan and many other places in the world.   In 2015 he wrote “Flushed with Curiosity; 101 […]

Dec 13 Blog

Ancient Cultures in Contact

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

The exhibit Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in Contact at the Field Museum in Chicago showcases nearly 100 objects from the museum’s ancient Egyptian, Roman, Greek, and Etruscan collections.

gods-of-egypt

Mar 18 Blog

The ‘Gods of Egypt’ Movie: A Mess of Anachronisms and Exoticization

By: Beth Ann Judas, Ph.D.

Egyptologist Beth Ann Judas reviews the Gods of Egypt movie, describing it as portraying ancient Egyptian mythology with “fleeting moments of random accuracy.”

habua-fortress

Jan 15 Blog

Largest Known Ancient Egyptian Fortress Excavated at Tell el-Habua

By: Robin Ngo

The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry recently announced the excavation of a 3,000-year-old fortress—the largest discovered to date in Egypt—at the site of Tell el-Habua.

CT-scan-horus

Aug 4 Blog

Heart Disease in Mummies

By: Robin Ngo

Today, heart disease is one of the greatest threats to our health. Recent studies demonstrate that even our ancient ancestors suffered from heart disease.

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