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Nov 28 Blog

A Feast for the Senses … and the Soul

By: Dorothy Willette

Go on a journey of the senses through history and discover the significance of ritual feasts and meals in antiquity.

Nov 26 Blog

The Last Days of Hattusa

By: Trevor Bryce

In the latter part of the second millennium B.C., the Hittite empire was a Near Eastern superpower. Then, suddenly, the empire collapsed and Hattusa was invaded and destroyed.

Apr 25 Blog

Who Were the Hittites?

By: Ellen White

Archaeology tells us a lot about the Hittites—and the Neo-Hittites too. But it’s hard to reconcile this with the Hittites of the Bible.

Jun 4 Blog

Freedom Speaks Hurrian: A Cuneiform Song of Liberation

By: Marek Dospěl

Human history is sadly full of stories of people struggling for freedom and justice in opposition to other people’s desire for dominance and exploitation. And […]

Sep 2 Blog

Carchemish in the Bible and History

By: Mark Wilson

Carchemish was an important Hittite fortress and provincial capital located on the west bank of the Euphrates River.

Jan 26 Blog

Myra, Turkey: St. Nicholas’s Christian Capital

By: Noah Wiener

The fourth-century bishop of Myra, later canonized as St. Nicholas (and commonly remembered as Santa Claus), shaped the development of the Christian city before being buried at Myra.

Jun 16 Blog

Egyptian Scarab Amulet Unearthed at Sepphoris

By: David Malamud

A group of Israeli students found a 3,300-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet during the excavation of a site at Sepphoris.

Apr 27 Blog

D.C.-Area Archaeology Event: A Hittite in King David’s Court?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Dr. Billie Jean Collins will deliver the lecture “A Hittite in King David’s Court? In Search of the Iron Age Hittites” in the Washington, D.C. area.

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