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Feb 18 Blog

Who Were the Minoans?

Crete’s Minoan civilization has long been considered Europe’s first great Bronze Age society. But who were the Minoans? A recent DNA study suggests that the Minoan civilization comprised of local Europeans rather than outsiders.

Oct 1 Blog

Canaanite Palace Destroyed by Earthquake

By: Jonathan Laden

Tel Kabri, a 75-acre site in the western Galilee had been occupied by the Canaanites for centuries. Then, about 1900-1700 B.C.E.. the palace and the […]

Dec 11 Blog

Scholarship Winners Speak Up

By: BAS Staff

In 2019 the Biblical Archaeology Society awarded scholarships to 12 individuals who would otherwise not have been able to participate in an archaeological excavation. These […]

Oct 20 Blog

What Does the Aegean World Have to Do with the Biblical World?

By: Ellen White

What does the ancient Aegean world in the west have to do with the Biblical world in the east? Quite a lot, according to Aegean archaeology specialist Louise Hitchcock.

Jun 5 Blog

Minoan Frescoes at Tel Kabri

By: Noah Wiener

Over 100 years of excavations on Crete have exposed elegant Minoan frescoes that once adorned the walls of the island’s Bronze Age palaces. This distinctively colorful Aegean art style flourished in the Middle Bronze Age (1750-1550 B.C.).

Jul 31 Blog

First Person: Should These Looters Go to Jail?

By: Hershel Shanks

Looters sometimes indirectly alert archaeologists to the existence of valuable finds and are sent to jail if they are caught, while the archaeologists learn from the looters where to dig. In his First Person column in BAR, Hershel Shanks explores this paradox.

Apr 4 Blog

Three Stones Make a Wall: An Interview with Author Eric H. Cline

By: Robin Ngo

In this exclusive interview, archaeologist Eric H. Cline sits down with Bible History Daily to discuss his new book, Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology (Princeton Univ. Press, 2017).

Jan 30 Blog

Site-Seeing: Archaeological Remains in Holy Sepulchre’s Shadow

By: Jonathan Klawans

The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem is a place you may have missed on your first (or even your second) visit to Jerusalem, but it’s well worth your time when you are lucky enough to make it back.

Dec 13 Blog

2016 BAS Scholarship Winners

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS dig scholarships in 2016.

Nov 30 Blog

Bronze Age Figurine Resembles Rodin’s The Thinker

By: Robin Ngo

A 3,800-year-old vessel unearthed during excavations in the Israeli town of Yehud bears a figurine that resembles French artist Rodin’s famed sculpture The Thinker.

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