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May 23 Blog

Does the Merneptah Stele Contain the First Mention of Israel?

Does this fragmentary hieroglyphic inscription contain the first mention of Israel? According to a recently published article by Manfred Görg, Peter van der Veen and Christoffer Theis, the name-ring on the right may indeed read “Israel,” and they date it almost 200 years earlier than the reference to Israel on the Merneptah Stele.

Aug 8 Blog

When Egyptian Pharaohs Ruled Bronze Age Jerusalem

By: Noah Wiener

What were Egyptian pharaohs doing in Bronze Age Jerusalem? Peter van der Veen investigates an Egyptian presence before the time of David.

Jul 28 Blog

Elite Canaanite Burial Discovered in the Jezreel Valley

By: Robin Ngo

IAA archaeologists have discovered a 3,300-year-old anthropoid coffin with Egyptianizing features belonging to a wealthy Canaanite near Tel Shadud in the Jezreel Valley.

Jun 16 Blog

Egyptian Scarab Amulet Unearthed at Sepphoris

By: David Malamud

A group of Israeli students found a 3,300-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet during the excavation of a site at Sepphoris.

Oct 25 Blog

Renowned Collector Shlomo Moussaieff Dies at 92

By: Hershel Shanks

Shlomo Moussaieff, who owned the world’s largest private collection of Near Eastern antiquities, passed away in the summer of 2015 at the age of 92. What is the future of his collection?

Mar 20 Blog

What to Do with Unprovenanced Artifacts—Publish or Perish?

By: Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks’s First Person in the March/April 2013 issue of BAR

Feb 26 Blog

The Pyramid of Khay

By: Noah Wiener

Archaeologists recently discovered the dismantled pyramid of the Khay, Ramesses II’s vizier.

Jan 30 Blog

Eilat Mazar’s Reaction to the Criticism of Her Reading

By: Eilat Mazar

Back to Seal Controversy: From Temech to Shlomit Introduction I accept the suggestion made by Peter van der Veen and followed by many other scholars […]

Jan 30 Blog

Seal Controversy: From Temech to Shlomit

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Although a recently found seal apparently does not belong to the Biblical figure that excavator Eilat Mazar at first suggested, it now seems that it bears another name known from the Bible.

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