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2 weeks ago | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Clinton J. Moyer |Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks |Robin Ngo
Akhenaten and Moses Did the monotheism of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten influence Moses?
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3 weeks ago | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks |Ellen White |Ziony Zevit
Exodus in the Bible and the Egyptian Plagues Can we make sense of the Biblical plagues? BAS Staff April 01, 2025 47 Comments 129078 views Share The Book of Exodus in the Bible describes ten Egyptian plagues that bring suffering to the land of pharaoh. Are these Biblical plagues plausible on any level?
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks |Dorothy Willette
Early Urbanization in Ancient Canaan Earliest temple ever discovered in the Shephelah Nathan Steinmeyer November 04, 2024 0 Comments 886 views Share Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered what is likely the oldest temple ever discovered in the Shephelah region of central Israel. Dating to the end of the fourth millennium BCE, the temple is impressive in its own right, but also represents the birth of urbanization in the land of Canaan. Read Biblical Archaeology...
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Ellen White |Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks
Earliest Example of “Biblical Scarlet” Discovered Rare dyed textile uncovered near Masada Nathan Steinmeyer July 26, 2024 0 Comments 16 views Share Translated into English as “scarlet,” biblical Tola‛at Hashani was one of three colors that decorated the tabernacle during Israel’s desert wanderings (Exodus 26:1). Obtained from a certain species of scale insect, the dye that produced the reddish color, also known as kermes, was poorly attested before the Roman period. Now, Israeli...
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Ellen White |Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks
A City in the Moabite Heartland Get to know biblical Israel’s neighbor in the Transjordan BAS Staff July 24, 2024 0 Comments 12 views Share The kingdom of Moab, located across the Dead Sea to the east of biblical Israel and Judah, is referenced regularly in the Hebrew Bible.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Hershel Shanks |Nathan Steinmeyer |Walter Zanger
Roman Warrior Goddess on Mount Carmel Teen spots 1,800-year-old ring while on a hike Nathan Steinmeyer July 19, 2024 0 Comments 15 views Share While hiking on Mt. Carmel outside of Haifa, a young teenager spotted an object on the ground that he originally took to be a rusty old bolt.
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May 6, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Hershel Shanks |Nathan Steinmeyer
How Large Was King David’s Jerusalem?
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Hershel Shanks |Nathan Steinmeyer
A 4,000-Year-Old Lipstick Archaeologists claim to have discovered world’s oldest lipstick Nathan Steinmeyer March 25, 2024 0 Comments 24 views Share A small stone vessel from the southeastern Jirof region of Iran may be the oldest lipstick ever discovered.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Noah Wiener |Hershel Shanks |Robin Ngo
The Cyprian Plague Evidence of “apocalyptic” pandemic discovered in ancient Thebes Robin Ngo February 29, 2024 0 Comments 21121 views Share Archaeologists working in Thebes (modern Luxor) in Egypt discovered evidence of a plague that ravaged the Roman Empire in the 3rd century C.E. The so-called Cyprian Plague, likely caused by a form of measles or smallpox, was so devastating that one eyewitness believed the world was coming to an end. During excavations of the Funerary Complex of Harwa and...
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |Hershel Shanks |Clinton J. Moyer
2,500-Year-Old Silver Coin Discovered in Israel Rare find from the dawn of coinage Nathan Steinmeyer January 19, 2024 0 Comments 20 views Share During salvage excavations in the Judean Hills, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered an extremely rare silver coin dating from the sixth or fifth century BCE, around the time that coins first began to circulate. Likely minted in the Aegean, the coin is one of the earliest ever found in Israel. Explore the world’s most...
