Roman

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations off the western tip of Sicily have revealed a bronze rostrum—a type of battering ram attached to the front of a Roman warship—dating to […]

By: Jennifer Drummond

Although the original biblical texts were written mostly in Hebrew or Greek, there is no denying that Latin was one of the most important languages […]

By: Philippe Bohström

Northern Iraq is a landscape steeped in both historical and economic significance. During the early 20th century, international oil consortiums dispatched businessmen, geologists, and engineers […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Despite hundreds of years of archaeological work in the ancient city, those excavating Pompeii continue to uncover amazing new finds. As announced by the Archaeological […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Around-the-clock excavations in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre continue to reveal fascinating tidbits about the building’s ancient history, as the church undergoes its most […]

By: BAS Staff

Archaeologists excavating the site of Legio—the legionary camp of Rome’s Sixth Legion located at the foot of Tel Megiddo in northern Israel—have unearthed the remains […]

By: Clinton Moyer

While excavating a neighborhood in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79 CE by the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius, a […]

By: Dennis Mizzi

For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews Against Romans, 66–74 CE By Guy MacLean Rogers (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 2021), xxii […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While conducting an underwater archaeological survey, a diver with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made an incredible discovery, a rare bronze coin with the image […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

  Located 12 miles north of Gaza, along the Mediterranean coast, ancient Tel Ashkelon was a powerful city for thousands of years, built and rebuilt […]