Illuminating Byzantine

2 months ago | biblicalarchaeology.org | A Church |Illuminating Byzantine |Nathan Steinmeyer

A Byzantine Church on the Temple Mount?

Jul 12, 2024 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Illuminating Byzantine |Ellen White |Glenn J. Corbett |John Drummond

Anglo-Saxons in the Byzantine Army English graves may contain evidence of Byzantine mercenaries Nathan Steinmeyer July 12, 2024 0 Comments 1757 views Share While elite sixth-century CE graves in England may be famous for what they tell us about Anglo-Saxon culture, they might also bear evidence that the peoples of the British Isles were more connected to the ancient world than previously assumed. According to two British scholars, grave goods at several important sites could only have come...

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...

Aug 14, 2023 | biblicalarchaeology.org | Byzantine Hammer |Ellen White |Nathan Steinmeyer |Illuminating Byzantine

“Magic Mirror” Excavated by Youth Byzantine talisman uncovered by unlikely archaeologist Nathan Steinmeyer August 14, 2023 0 Comments 7 views Share While participating in a joint course by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the Israeli Ministry of Education, a 17-year-old girl made an incredible discovery—a “magic mirror.” The young girl, Aviv Weizman, spotted the object nestled between two walls she was helping to excavate at the site of Usha near Haifa. During the Byzantine period...