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Aug 8 Blog

Persepolis: What it Once Was, and What it is Now

By: Idean Marvastian

BAS Intern Idean Marvastian recalls a visit to the Persian ceremonial capital.

Sep 11 Blog

Restoring the Walls of Jerusalem

By: Noah Wiener

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the completion of the conservation and stabilization of St. Stephen’s Gate, also known as the Lions’ Gate, the final restored gate in a large-scale conservation of the walls of Jerusalem.

May 15 Blog

Book of Nehemiah Found Among the Scrolls

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Norwegian scroll scholar Torleif Elgvin of Evangelical Lutheran University College in Oslo, Norway, announced that he and colleague Esther Eshel of Bar-Ilan University will be publishing a collection of more than two dozen previously unknown scroll fragments, including the first known fragment of Nehemiah.

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