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Premiere of a New Khirbet Qeiyafa Short Film is Right Here
A new short film titled “Khirbet Qeiyafa: A Fortified City in the Kingdom of Judah” now debuts on this blog. It summarizes the major finds at Khirbet Qeiyafa and presents the excavators’ conclusions on how the site shapes our understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Israel, Jerusalem, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Short videos
Tagged Amihai Mazar, David, Elah Fortress, Inscriptions, Inside Jerusalem, Iron IIa, Israel, Judah, Khirbet Qeiyafa, King Saul, Ostracon, Peter Hagyo-Kovacs, Saar Ganor, Yosef Garfinkel
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Join My Tour of Italy this Fall
I am leading a group tour to Italy from October 30th through November 9th of this year. We will visit some of the best places to see in Italy, including Venice, Florence, Pisa, Pompeii, Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Architecture, Ancient Rome, Culture & Cuisine, Europe, Interesting places to visit, Italy, Overseas trips
Tagged 4th Crusade, Colosseum, Constantinople, Domitian, Flavian Amphitheater, Florence, Fourth Crusade, Gelato, Indiana Jones, Italy, Nero, Rome, Sistine Chapel, St. Mark's cathedral, St. Mark's square, Titus, Venice, Vespasian
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New Khirbet Qeiyafa Video Coming June 1st
Peter Hagyo-Kovacs is a filmaker who holds an M.A. in Archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has produced a short educational film about the significance of Khirbet Qeiyafa to understanding Judah in the early Iron Age (the beginning … Continue reading
Mysterious stone structure discovered underneath Sea of Galilee
This one is no April Fool’s joke. A basalt-boulder structure, wider and taller than Stonehenge, sits under the water near the SW coast of the lake. The structure was discovered in 2003 during a sonar survey. The structure consists of … Continue reading
Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription deciphered. Refers to next-gen “Solomonic” gate design
An astonishing new technology is bringing damaged and faded ancient texts to light. Scientists demonstrated its potential by scanning and translating the Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription during a news conference this morning. Researchers at MIT have developed the Subatomic Ultra-Parsing Epigraphic Resolving … Continue reading
Information on the second Qeiyafa inscription coming later this year
A few people have inquired about the new Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription discovered in the 2012 season. I asked Yossi Garfinkel about it last week when I drove up to Chattanooga (from Tampa!) to catch his presentation at Southern Adventist University. He … Continue reading
Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation ending. Garfinkel’s next dig site is…
The Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation is wrapping up this summer and excavators Yosef Garfinkel and Michael Hasel have just announced their next dig site. The excavation is moving to Lachish. They will proceed with surveying and test pits this summer followed … Continue reading
A Star Trek over the Bible Lands plus Two Good Books
Aren Maeir has posted a link to this nice video sequence from NASA, showing the Bible Lands at night from the International Space Station. (Requires Quicktime) It begins with Egypt and moves over Israel/the Palestinian Territories, Syria, and finishes over … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Links to interesting stuff, Publications & Study Materials, Short videos, Tech & Resources
Tagged Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Bill Shlegel, Dennis Magory, Indiana Jones, James Hoffmeier, Links to interesting stuff, Materials, Michael Hasel, NASA, Satellite Bible Atlas, Todd Bolen
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Rising water levels in the Sea of Galilee… but not the Jordan River
A Jerusalem Post article reports that the Sea of Galilee, after years of receding water levels, has filled up this winter and is now less than two meters from full capacity. Heavier-than-usual winter rains are a factor, but so is … Continue reading
Khirbet Qeiyafa to be Enveloped by City Expansion
Khirbet Qeiyafa, an ancient city that has recharged the debate about King David, may soon be enveloped by modern buildings. A massive project is bringing the city of Beit Shemesh literally to Qeiyafa’s front door. The modern city of Beit … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Israel, Khirbet Qeiyafa
Tagged Khirbet Qeiyafa, Elah Fortress, Socoh, Azekah, Elah Valley, Tel Azekah, Beth-Shemesh, Beit Shemesh, Bethshemesh, Yarmut, Jarmuth
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