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May 4 Blog

Justinian Plague Linked to the Black Death

By: Noah Wiener

Bacterial research has linked the Justinian Plague to the world’s most infamous affliction, the Black Death.

Sep 14 Blog

Site-Seeing: Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem

By: Jonathan Klawans

Every visitor to Jerusalem has seen David’s Tower. Scholar Jonathan Klawans recommends venturing inside the magnificent complex.

Jun 23 Blog

Who Built the Cardo in Jerusalem?

By: Robin Ngo

The Cardo was Jerusalem's major north-south thoroughfare, as we know from the famous sixth-century Madaba map mosaic in Jordan. But was it fully built in the Roman period or only in the Byzantine period? The magnificent Nea Church that sat at its southern end may provide the answer.

Jun 17 Blog

Digging into Ancient Ashkelon: The 2015 Season

By: Tracy Hoffman

Dr. Tracy Hoffman provides an introduction to the 2015 field season at Ashkelon. This summer will be the second to last expedition to the ancient seaport.

Oct 21 Blog

Rare Inscription Dedicated to Hadrian Found in Jerusalem

By: Robin Ngo

IAA excavations north of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate have uncovered a stone fragment engraved with an official Latin inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian.

May 5 Blog

Found After 1400 Years—The Magnificent Nea

By: Meir Ben-Dov

Byzantine Jerusalem was Christian Jerusalem—par excellence. The Byzantine era began when the Emperor Constantine—soon to convert to Christianity—became master of Palestine in 324 A.D. It did not end in Jerusalem until the Patriarch Sophronius surrendered the city to the Moslem caliph Omar in the spring of 638.

Feb 10 Blog

Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem conducted by Nahman Avigad, 1969–1982 Volume III

By: Reviewed by Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks reviews "Jewish Quarter Excavations" by Hillel Geva.

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