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Feb 2 Blog

Lebanese Cedar—The Prized Tree of Ancient Woodworking

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

From Solomon’s Temple to the Jesus Boat, the Biblical world was built of cedar.

Sep 29 Blog

Phoenicians Sailing to the New World

By: Jonathan Laden

It has already been established that Columbus was not the first European to lead an expedition sailing to the “New World,” across the vast Atlantic […]

Jun 8 Blog

Searching for the Temple of King Solomon

By: BAS Staff

The black basalt ruins of the Iron Age temple discovered at ’Ain Dara in northern Syria offer the closest known parallel to the Temple of King Solomon in the Bible.

Oct 12 Blog

Phoenician Shipwreck Located off Coast of Malta

By: Robin Ngo

Maritime archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest shipwreck found thus far in the central Mediterranean.

Jul 7 Blog

The “Philistines” to the North

By: Robin Ngo

The northern Sea Peoples, according to BAR author Ephraim Stern, are known to us not by name in the Bible but from Egyptian sources—and from archaeology.

Sep 2 Blog

Herod’s Temple Mount Revealed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Restoration

By: Noah Wiener

As a result of earthquakes, Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount had to be dismantled and reconstructed in the 1930s and 1940s. Massive Cedar of Lebanon and cypress beams were reused, and others were simply removed. Some of these beams are significantly older than the mosque itself. Were these timbers from Al-Aqsa once part of Herod’s Temple Mount architecture?

May 4 Blog

Birdwatcher Spies Egyptian Scarab Seal at Dor

By: Robin Ngo

Birdwatcher Alexander Ternopolsky spotted a rare Egyptian scarab seal at the archaeological site of Tel Dor on Israel’s Carmel Coast.

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