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The temple of Bel in Palmyra before its destruction. James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Feb 18 Blog

Palmyra in Ruins

Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, archaeologists and residents have begun to return to the ancient city of Palmyra. Before the […]

Feb 13 Blog

Tax Administration in Roman Caesarea Philippi

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

During excavations at Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel, archaeologists made an unexpected discovery: a large Roman boundary stone, reused as a cover for a […]

Jan 26 Blog

Luxurious Private Bath Uncovered at Pompeii

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Continued excavations at Pompeii have revealed possibly the largest private bath complex ever uncovered in the ancient city. Attached to an equally impressive house, the […]

Jan 12 Blog

Exquisite Byzantine Monastery Discovered

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered the remains of an exquisite Byzantine monastery and a nearby town during development works to expand the […]

Jan 5 Blog

Evidence of Early Christianity in Northern Europe

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations of a cemetery in the ancient Roman town of Nida, located in a suburb of modern Frankfurt, Germany, have revealed the earliest evidence for […]

Nov 3 Blog

Roman Soldiers Buried in a Croatian Well

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Editor’s Note: The following article contains photos of human remains. Before the construction of a new university library in Osijek, Croatia, excavations revealed a startlingly […]

Oct 6 Blog

Adriatic Shipwreck Reveals Details of Roman Trade

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with Croatia’s International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar have spent years carefully excavating a well-preserved Roman merchant ship that sank in Barbir Bay, […]

Aug 6 Blog

What Is Latin?

By: Jennifer Drummond

Although the original biblical texts were written mostly in Hebrew or Greek, there is no denying that Latin was one of the most important languages […]

Jul 14 Blog

Two-Thousand-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off Turkish Coast

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Off the southwestern coast of Turkey, archaeologists made a stunning discovery: a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with its cargo still packed neatly where it had been stored […]

Jun 30 Blog

The Bronze Lion Heads of Roman Judea

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority northeast of Tel Aviv revealed four beautifully crafted bronze lion-headed discs. Uncovered in a Roman-period tomb, the discs probably […]

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