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Excavations at the Bronze Age temple on Failaka Island. Courtesy NCCAL

Nov 10 Blog

Another Bronze Age Temple in Kuwait

Archaeologists working in Kuwait made a remarkable discovery when they uncovered the remains of a Bronze Age temple on Failaka Island. Only a year earlier, […]

Oct 17 Blog

The Origins of Egypt’s Karnak Temple

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Famous within biblical archaeology for its conquest relief of Pharaoh Shoshenq I (biblical Shishak), the temple complex at Karnak was one of the most important […]

The gate to the temple of Edfu in Egypt. © Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oct 8 Blog

Coloring the Temple of Edfu

By: Lila Wolk

On the west bank of the Nile River, in the city of Edfu, sits a temple to the ancient Egyptian sky god Horus. One of […]

The graffito of the Hekatompedon, the lost Athenian Temple. Courtesy Langdon and van Rookhuijzen

Jul 4 Blog

On the Trail of a Lost Athenian Temple

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Etched into a stone on a hillside some 12 miles from Athens is a graffito that may help scholars identify a 2,500-year-old Athenian temple. Although […]

Jun 6 Blog

Excavating Banias

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Banias is, without a doubt, one of the more breathtaking natural archaeological sites in the Holy Land, a large spring-fed cavern surrounded by the ruins […]

The temple of Bel in Palmyra before its destruction. James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Feb 21 Blog

Palmyra in Ruins

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, archaeologists and residents have begun to return to the ancient city of Palmyra. Before the […]

Nov 4 Blog

Early Urbanization in Ancient Canaan

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered what is likely the oldest temple ever discovered in the Shephelah region of central Israel. Dating […]

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