Biblical Archaeology Review
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The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands. Find out what archaeology can reveal to anyone eager to understand the world of the Bible.
Biblical Archaeology Review
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Editor’s Note: This blog article contains images of human skeletal remains. Excavations near Jerusalem’s Old City have revealed the first known archaeological example of a […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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Nestled in the heart of the Shephelah with a commanding view over the Elah Valley, the Late Bronze Age (c. 1550–1200 BCE) Canaanite city of […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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Ze’ev Meshel, renowned Israeli archaeologist, exemplary guide, passionate desert lover, and explorer, passed away on December 14, 2024, at his home in Givatayim, Israel. He […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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First offered in 1993, the Biblical Archaeology Society’s Dig Scholarships have gone hand in hand with BAR’s annual list of dig opportunities, which has been […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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Ethnographer Clinton Bailey devoted nearly 60 years—two-thirds of his long and productive life—to the lives of the Bedouin in the Negev and Sinai. Throughout his […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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Although remembered in the Bible as one of Judah’s most pious rulers, King Josiah met a rather untimely death, slain at Megiddo by Pharaoh Necho […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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During archaeological survey work in a Judean Desert cave, members of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Heritage and the […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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While carrying out excavations at the archaeological site of Pompeii in Italy, archaeologists uncovered a large banqueting room painted with a nearly life-size frieze of […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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What is biblical archaeology? The answer to this question has changed considerably over the 100-plus years since the discipline first emerged in the early 20th […]
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Biblical Archaeology Review
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Today, the Hula Valley, north of the Sea of Galilee, is one of the most fertile agricultural regions in Israel. In the biblical period, however, […]
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