Devorah Emmet Wigoder

Oct 16, 2023 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Devorah Emmet Wigoder

Herculaneum Scrolls Reveal New Secrets College student becomes first to unlock the Herculaneum scrolls Nathan Steinmeyer October 16, 2023 0 Comments 1483 views Share Text visible in the Herculaneum Scrolls. Courtesy Vesuvius Challange.

Oct 11, 2023 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Devorah Emmet Wigoder |Megan Sauter |Diarmaid McGleenan

Baffling Burials The meaning of jar burials at Khirbet Qumran Marek Dospěl October 11, 2023 0 Comments 1289 views Share At Khirbet Qumran, the ancient settlement associated with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, excavations uncovered a seemingly illogical couple of graves.

Oct 1, 2023 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Illuminating Byzantine |Nathan Steinmeyer |Devorah Emmet Wigoder

Byzantine Psalm Uncovered at Hyrcania “Jesus Christ, guard me, for I am poor and needy” Nathan Steinmeyer October 01, 2023 0 Comments 2 views Share During a pilot excavation at Hyrcania, located 10 miles southeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank, excavators uncovered a Greek inscription paraphrasing Psalm 86. Dating to the Byzantine period (c. 324–634 CE), the inscription was found amid the remains of a monastery built atop an earlier Hasmonean fortress and Herodian palace. A Byzantine Psalm in...

Sep 18, 2023 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Devorah Emmet Wigoder

Magic on the Road to Mecca Cache of Ottoman period ritual objects discovered in Eilat Nathan Steinmeyer September 18, 2023 0 Comments 3017 views Share A cache of objects found along the route from Cairo to Mecca may have been used for magic rituals by 17th-century pilgrims on the Hajj.