Wow!: First known depictions of Biblical heroines Jael and Deborah uncovered in Israel
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on a remarkable find…
The scientific meltdown over a controversial discovery of “Biblical Sodom”
RNS What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement near the Dead Sea. In a layer of ancient earth, archaeologists claim to have found evidence of an apocalyptic event: Melted rooftops. Disintegrated pottery. Unusual patterns in the rock formations that can be associated with intense heat. For another […]
Hershel Shanks, who made Biblical archaeology widely available, dies
RNS He was not a household name, but in the sometimes arcane world of Biblical archaeology, Hershel Shanks was a star, and often a rabble-rouser. Shanks, the founder and longtime editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, died on 5th February at the age of 90. Hershel Shanks appears on the Charlie Rose Show in 1992. PICTURE: Video […]
New technology helps archeologists identify Bible scribes
Jerusalem, IsraelReligion Unplugged In 1910, Harvard University Egyptologist George Andrew Reisner was conducting an excavation in the palace of King Ahab in Samaria. Once the first capital of the Biblical Kingdom of Israel, the adjoining village of Sebastia had been reduced to a backwater in Ottoman Palestine. There the American stumbled on an extraordinary discovery – more […]
Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold fragments illicitly
RNS As many as 17 ancient Bible fragments that Hobby Lobby’s owner, billionaire Steve Green, bought for the Museum of the Bible were apparently stolen by a world-renowned Oxford University professor, the museum has acknowledged. The acknowledgment builds on a slow drip of revelations over the past two years regarding the problematic origins of many of […]
Archaeologists uncover mosaic floor from 5th century church near Sea of Galilee
JerusalemRNS A fire that destroyed an ancient Holy Land church near the Sea of Galilee around 700 AD appears to have preserved the church’s beautiful mosaic floor, which includes depictions of baskets, loaves and fish as well as inscriptions. The floor was protected by a layer of ash and the remains of the church’s collapsed […]
ANTIQUITIES: US HOBBY LOBBY SCANDAL SHINES A LIGHT ON SALE OF ANCIENT ARTIFACTS IN ISRAEL
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…
ARCHAEOLOGY: SODOM FOUND? THE QUEST FOR THE LOST CITY OF DESTRUCTION
BRIAN NIXON, of Assist News Service, speaks to Dr Steven Collins about his bid to find the lost city of Sodom…