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Oct 25, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Megan Sauter |David Moster
Trove of Artifacts Discovered Near Babylon Tablets, seals, and more Nathan Steinmeyer October 25, 2024 0 Comments 54 views Share Archaeologists with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) made a fantastic discovery while excavating near the ancient city of Babylon in central Iraq.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Megan Sauter |Nathan Steinmeyer |David Moster
New Tomb Found at Petra Discovery yields fresh insights but also draws criticism Nathan Steinmeyer October 18, 2024 0 Comments 9 views Share Petra, the dazzling, 2,000-year-old Nabatean city in southern Jordan, has not given up all her secrets quite yet, it seems.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |David Moster |Megan Sauter
Cultic Weaponry of Urartu Bronze shields and a helmet discovered in Ayanis Castle Nathan Steinmeyer September 13, 2024 0 Comments 3500 views Share Excavations at the site of Ayanis Castle in eastern Turkey revealed three magnificent bronze shields and a helmet dedicated to Haldi, the chief god of Urartu, an Iron Age kingdom known in the Bible as Ararat. According to a statement by the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, “The artifacts discovered during the excavations at the monumental...
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May 3, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | John Hale |Robin Ngo |David Moster |Ellen White
What Is Ancient Egyptian? The language of pharaonic Egypt Marek Dospěl May 03, 2024 0 Comments 19 views Share The Egyptian language is the sole representative of an autonomous branch of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Semito-Hamitic) language family.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Elie Wiesel |David Moster |James R Tabor |Nathan Steinmeyer
Pleistocene Paradise New national park opened to the public in Israel BAS Staff April 12, 2024 0 Comments 1089 views Share Just a few miles south of the Sea of Galilee in the Jordan Valley, a special ceremony marked the official opening of the new ‘Ubeidiya National Park.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Jennifer Ristine |David Moster
11,000-Year-Old Boar Statue Uncovered at Gobekli Tepe Nathan Steinmeyer October 23, 2023 0 Comments 11 views Share Excavators at the site of Gobekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey have uncovered the life-size statue of a wild boar, carved out of limestone.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Jennifer Ristine |Nathan Steinmeyer |David Moster
Recoloring the Parthenon Study finds previously unknown decorative elements Nathan Steinmeyer October 20, 2023 0 Comments 29 views Share Despite the long-held perception that ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were undecorated pure white marble, decades of investigation have shown that they were often brightly colored and stylized objects. The same is true for the grandiose Parthenon in Athens, with its plethora of fantastically carved panels and sculptures. Publishing in the journal...
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Megan Sauter |David Moster
Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery?
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May 26, 2023 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Hershel Shanks |David Moster |Ellen White |Michele Barasso
Harvesting the Balm of Gilead Israeli archaeologists extract biblical balm from pistachio trees BAS Staff May 26, 2023 0 Comments 8 views Share In the Summer 2023 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Zohar Amar of Bar-Ilan University identifies the biblical “balm of Gilead” with the resin from the Atlantic pistachio tree. He explores the reasons for this identification in his article, “Balm of Gilead.” But his research didn’t stop there. After identifying the tree, he and his student Elron...
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May 1, 2023 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |David Moster
Lost Roman Army Camps Discovered in Jordan Satellite images help identify 2,000-year-old desert sites Nathan Steinmeyer May 01, 2023 0 Comments 24 views Share While carrying out a satellite survey of the Jordan-Saudi border region, a team of archaeologists from the University of Oxford made an unexpected discovery: three lost Roman army camps. While ground-truthing surveys have not yet been carried out, the team proposed in the journal Antiquity that the camps likely date to a previously...
