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Tag Archives: Discoveries
Masada Dig Yields New Discoveries from Jewish War
Preliminary results from the new excavations at Masada have been released, with “tremendous amounts” of new finds illuminating the famous Roman siege. Here are some excerpts: “We’re actually excavating a refugee camp,” said Guy Stiebel, the archaeologist leading excavations carried … Continue reading
Another Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Found (Photos)
For the first time in over 60 years, scholars have identified another Dead Sea Scrolls cave. This newly excavated cave has everything one finds in a DSS cave (storage jars with lids, protective cloth wrap, leather binding straps, etc.) except … Continue reading
Posted in archaeologists, Biblical Archaeology, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Israel, New Discoveries
Tagged Ahiad Ovadia, Archaeologists, Archaeology, Casey L. Olson, Cave, Dead Sea, Dead Sea Scrolls, Discoveries, Hebrew University, israel antiquities authority, Israel Hasson, Liberty University, Manuscripts, Operation Scroll, Oren Gutfeld, Q12 cave, Qumran, Randall Price, scrolls, Ziad Abu Ganem
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Archaeology Updates in San Antonio
My wife and I are attending the ASOR Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. This is one of several professional organizations for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies that meet in a different U.S. city every November to share results and … Continue reading
Posted in archaeologists, Biblical Archaeology, General Archaeology, Links to interesting stuff, New Discoveries, Travel
Tagged Ancient Near East, ANE, Annual Meetings, Archaeologists, Archaeology, ASOR, Discoveries, ETS, Ferrell Jenkins, Igor Kreimerman, Itamar Weissbein, Lachish, Presentations, San Antonio, SBL, Travel, Yosef Garfinkel, Yossi Garfinkel
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First Temple “Jerusalem” Papyrus Revealed to Public
We have more news about the papyrus discovery I mentioned earlier. The Israel Antiquities Authority has revealed what they describe as “the earliest extra-biblical source to mention Jerusalem in Hebrew writing.” C14 tests and paleographic analysis date the papyrus to … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Archaeology, Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Israel, Jerusalem, Languages, New Discoveries, Short videos
Tagged Amon, Dead Sea Scrolls, Discoveries, Eitan Klein, First Temple period, IAA, Jerusalem, Josiah, Manasseh, Manuscripts, Na‘arat, papyrus, Shmuel Ahituv, Wadi Murabba‘at, wine
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Yossi Garfinkel at Florida College Nov. 7th
For anyone in Central Florida on Monday, November 7th, archaeologist Yossi Garfinkel will be at Florida College to present on recent discoveries from biblical Lachish. His work will focus on physical evidence regarding the early Kingdom of Judah, a subject of … Continue reading
10th Century BC “Solomonic” Palace Found at Gezer
The Tel Gezer Expedition just announced the discovery of a palatial building tentatively dated to the 10th century BC, around the time of King Solomon in the Bible. The Bible says Solomon fortified Gezer, so a large building from this … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Architecture, archaeologists, Biblical Archaeology, Gezer, Israel, New Discoveries, Philistines
Tagged 10th century, Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, Discoveries, Gezer, Ha'aretz, Iron Age, Iron IIa, Israel, Macalister, Philippe Bohstrom, Solomon, Stephen Ortiz
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Still Feeling the Burn: Excavating an Ancient Destruction Layer
My previous post featured an interesting discovery in my dig square at Lachish: a circular feature surrounded by ash, located several feet below the modern ground level. The new video below shows our progress in excavating the circular structure and … Continue reading
Progress in a Dig Square: What Are These Stones?
We have a small mystery in our dig square. Want to track it with us as we uncover the details? After some work at leveling this part of the slope, this is what we had. There are a few revealed … Continue reading
“Spectacular” ancient shipwreck discovered at Caesarea’s harbor
A shipwreck with bronze statues, thousands of coins, and other finds has been discovered at ancient Caesarea Maritima, the same harbor used by the Apostle Paul. The Israel Antiquities Authority calls this the largest underwater discovery in 30 years. The wreck dates … Continue reading
Archaeology Updates from ASOR
My wife and I are back with our kids after hearing some great things at the ASOR annual meeting in San Antonio. Here are some highlights from our experience. Jerusalem’s Gihon Spring: The massive 18th century BC tower over the Gihon Spring … Continue reading →