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The Tel Dan stele. Photo: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Israel Antiquities Authority (photograph by Meidad Suchowolski)

May 7 Blog

The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible

By: BAS Staff

Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have attracted as much attention as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible.

Mar 19 Blog

The Palace of the Kings of Israel—in the Bible and Archaeology

By: Megan Sauter

King Omri of Israel selected Samaria as his capital and built an elaborate palace there in the ninth century B.C.E. What did this palace look like, and was it destroyed when the Assyrians conquered the kingdom of Israel in 721 B.C.E.?

Jul 9 Blog

Giant of the Persian Period

By: Hillel Geva

Hillel Geva memorializes Ephraim Stern, one of Israel’s foremost archaeologists, a pioneer in his field with numerous achievements to his credit and an international reputation as a scholar.

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May 19 Blog

Divers Discover Sunken Cargo at Herod’s Port City

By: Robin Ngo

Divers at the ancient port city of Caesarea Maritima in Israel discovered a 1,600-year-old trove of bronze statue fragments, coins and other finds that once comprised the cargo of a merchant ship.

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Feb 26 Blog

Canaanite Worship? 3,400-Year-Old Figurine Found at Tel Rehov

By: Robin Ngo

A seven-year-old child found a figurine that may have been associated with Canaanite worship while visiting the site of Tel Rehov in Israel.

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Feb 13 Blog

Ancient Wine of Gaza: 1,500-Year-Old Grape Seeds Found in the Negev

By: Robin Ngo

For the first time, grape seeds dating to the Byzantine period have been discovered in the Negev desert.

Feb 12 Blog

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology 2 vols.

By: Reviewed by Aaron A. Burke

Aaron A. Burke reviews "The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology 2 vols." edited by Daniel M. Master.

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