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Preserved hair from a Jewish male found in the 1st-century “Tomb of the Shroud”

Mar 17 Blog

The Only Ancient Jewish Male Hair Ever Found

The braided hair of a Jewish woman was found at Masada but until recently no example of preserved hair from a Jewish male had ever been found from the late 2nd Temple period. This discovery is one of the many fascinating, but less publicized finds of the 1st century “Tomb of the Shroud,” discovered in the summer of 2000 just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. The secrets this tomb continues to yield are many, including recent correlations with the DNA test results from the Talpiot Jesus tomb.

Jun 16 Blog

Letter from the BAR Managing Editor

By: Dorothy Willette

Summer is finally here, so dive right into the July/August 2012 issue of BAR! Managing editor Dorothy D. Resig presents the latest issue.

Jun 14 Blog

Joe Zias Under Oath

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Former IAA employee Zoe Zias told several archaeologists and BAR editor Hershal Shanks in 2003 that he had previously seen the James Ossuary in a Jerusalem antiquities shop without the words “brother of Jesus” at the end of the inscription. At the trial, he admitted he had not seen the inscription and could not read it if he had.

Jun 13 Blog

“Brother of Jesus” Proved Ancient and Authentic

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

WASHINGTON D.C. (June 13, 2012)—A new analysis and new evidence proves that the controversial “Brother of Jesus” inscription on an ancient bone box, or ossuary, […]

Mar 1 Blog

Israel Antiquities Authority vs. Conspiracy of (Alleged) Forgers

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

After five years, the “forgery trial of the century” has concluded in a Jerusalem courtroom. Now the only remaining defendants, antiquities collector Oded Golan and antiquities dealer Robert Deutsch, await the judge’s verdict. So does the rest of the world.

Jul 21 Blog

Hershel Shanks: Has Joe Zias Shown the James Ossuary Inscription to Be a Modern Forgery?

By: Hershel Shanks

Back to Israel Antiquities Authority vs. Conspiracy of (Alleged) Forgers I take no pleasure in raising this very difficult subject again—the question as to […]

Feb 8 Blog

Zias: Further Comments

By: Joseph Zias

Back to “Jesus Tomb” Controversy Erupts—Again The following was posted by Joe Zias on the biblical-studies and ANE-2 discussion groups on Yahoo: BAR is currently […]

Jan 25 Blog

No Deep Divisions

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Back to “Jesus Tomb” Controversy Erupts—Again Geza Vermes, Fellow of the British Academy, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, Oxford University I attended the Princeton symposium […]

Jan 23 Blog

15 Scholars Protest “Vindication” Claim

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Back to “Jesus Tomb” Controversy Erupts—Again The Talpiot Tomb Controversy Revisited A firestorm has broken out in Jerusalem following the conclusion of the “Third Princeton […]

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