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Jun 6 Blog

Were There Arameans at Abel Beth Maacah?

Because of its border location and the Biblical references that associate Arameans with Maacah, Robert Mullins and Nava Panitz-Cohen are digging for Arameans at the site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel.

Jul 29 Blog

The Renewed Excavations at Tel Dan

By: David Ilan, Yifat Thareani and Jonathan Greer

After a four-year hiatus, the Hebrew Union College is back excavating at Tel Dan, the site where the famous Tel Dan inscription—the first extra-Biblical evidence of King David—was discovered.

Aug 7 Blog

Visiting the Israel Museum

By: Sarah Yeomans

I have been to Jerusalem several times in the course of my fieldwork, ticking off the obvious sites as though working my way through a checklist: The City of David, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Western Wall, the Temple Mount – the list goes on. No one who knows Jerusalem will argue that there are more sites to see and experience than the average tourist’s trip will allow.

Mar 21 Blog

Hippology of Ancient Israel

By: Reviewed by Ziony Zevit

Examine the history of horses in Ziony Zevit's review of Deborah O'Daniel Cantrell's The Horsemen of Israel: Horses and Charioty in Monarchic Israel.

Nov 9 Blog

The Bible’s Buried Secrets

By: Reviewed by Kenneth Atkinson

Kenneth Atkinson reviews The Bible’s Buried Secrets: A Two-hour NOVA special

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