Jan 8 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer & Glenn Corbett
Tucked away in the sandstone cliffs of southern Jordan sits a wonder of the ancient world: Petra of the Nabateans. Whether it is the stunning […]
Dec 8 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
The twin sites of Tall adh-Dhahab, located just across the Jordan River from the ancient cities of Samaria and Shechem, are often identified as biblical […]
Sep 15 Blog
The Justinian Plague (c. 541–750 CE) was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. The Byzantine chronicler Procopius recorded that the plague claimed the […]
Jul 22 Blog
In 1884, the local community in Madaba, Jordan, made an incredible discovery, the oldest Holy Land map in the world. The now-famous Madaba Map, however, […]
Apr 28 Blog
The Jordanian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of the cartouche of Pharaoh Ramesses III (1186–1155 BCE) carved into a rock face near […]
Oct 18 Blog
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 6 Blog
By: BAS Staff
The Penn Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania www.penn.museum The Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia (commonly known as […]
Jul 25 Blog
By: Marek Dospěl
Before the emergence of Islam in the early seventh century, Arabia was home to a different monotheistic faith. Centuries before Muhammad, some ancient Arabian tribes […]
Jun 5 Blog
Archaeologists in Jordan and Saudi Arabia have discovered the world’s oldest known blueprints. Dating to 8,000 years ago, the blueprints are precise scale carvings of […]
May 1 Blog
While carrying out a satellite survey of the Jordan-Saudi border region, a team of archaeologists from the University of Oxford made an unexpected discovery: three […]
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