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Aug 20 Blog

Hezekiah’s Tunnel Reexamined

For more than a hundred years, an extraordinary water tunnel in Jerusalem has been attributed to King Hezekiah, who dug it to protect the city’s water supply during the Assyrian siege of 701 B.C.E. Hence its name, Hezekiah’s Tunnel. However, recent scholarly publications now argue that the tunnel was not built by Hezekiah but by his predecessor or his successors.

Aug 21 Blog

Canaanite Fortress Discovered in the City of David

By: Robin Ngo

Excavations around the Gihon Spring in the City of David uncovered a massive 3,800-year-old fortress.

Aug 10 Blog

Hellenistic Jewelry Discovered in Jerusalem

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

A 2,200-year-old gold earring portraying the head of a horned animal was unearthed in the Givati Parking Lot in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park.

Mar 16 Blog

First Person: BAR’s 40th Birthday

By: Hershel Shanks

For BAR's 40th birthday, Hershel Shanks reminisces in his First Person column about the first issue of BAR.

Apr 24 Blog

Ancient Chisel Unearthed at the Western Wall

By: Robin Ngo

IAA archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old chisel that may have been used to build the Western Wall on the Temple Mount.

Aug 26 Blog

Regarding Recent Suggestions Redating the Siloam Tunnel

By: Aren M. Maeir and Jeffrey R. Chadwick

A web-exclusive discussion by Aren Maeir and Jeffrey Chadwick. The scholars argue that Hezekiah had ample time to construct the tunnel during the revolt against Assyria.

Aug 13 Blog

Hezekiah’s Tunnel

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Do new tunnel dates hold water? Featuring a web-exclusive discussion by Aren Maeir and Jeffrey Chadwick.

Sep 21 Blog

First Person: Should Israel Return the Tablets of the Law to Egypt?

By: Hershel Shanks

In 1969, barely two years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a team of Israeli archaeologists made an exploratory excavation at the base of one of the numerous sites in the Sinai Peninsula proposed as Biblical Mt. Sinai. It was not long before a member of the team exposed a piece of rock with a single Hebrew letter on it. This naturally led to more intensive excavation in this area, as a result of which additional, larger pieces of inscribed stones were recovered. They were taken to Israel for further study.

Jul 12 Blog

Hezekiah’s Tunnel Revisited

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Our article explaining how the two teams of tunnelers who dug the sinuous path of Hezekiah's Tunnel from opposite ends managed to connect produced many interesting reader responses. The responses to these readers’ letters are written by Aryeh Shimron, one of the scholars on whose scientific publications the BAR article is based. The discussion is well worth studying.

Jul 18 Blog

Simon B. Parker (1940–2006)

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Simon B. Parker was a professor of Hebrew Bible at Boston University’s School of Theology. He taught at the university for 25 years. He died of a brain hemorrhage on April 29 at the age of 66. Parker was an expert in Ugaritic literature and Hebrew inscriptions. He was the editor of the Society of Biblical Literature’s translation series and author of two books and scores of papers and articles.

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