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Mummified individual with body wrappings and mask

Mar 2 Blog

Unlocking the Secrets of Egyptian Mummification

Few things captivate the imagination like Egyptian mummies. Their intricate wrappings and lifelike preservation carry both religious significance and enduring mystery. A recent study focuses […]

Neutral-colored Iron Age steatite scarab seal found at Nuraghe Ruinas in Sardinia, Italy.

Feb 16 Blog

Phoenician Scarab Discovered in Sardinia

By: Lauren K. McCormick

A small object with a big story has emerged from the excavations at Nuraghe Ruinas in Sardinia, Italy. The Superintendency of Archaeology for the Sassari […]

Feb 2 Blog

Sinai Before Sinai

By: Lauren K. McCormick

A recently discovered rock inscription from Wadi Khamila in the southwestern Sinai Peninsula offers a vivid glimpse into a world that predates the Exodus tradition […]

Reconstruction of the Ark of the Covenant. Credit: © David A. Falk

Jan 22 Blog

The Ark of the Covenant in its Egyptian Context

By: David A. Falk

The Ark of the Covenant as we know it from the Hebrew Bible is steeped in the culture and context of its time (Late Bronze […]

Jan 16 Blog

Byzantine Monastery Unearthed in Egypt

By: Lauren K. McCormick

In the biblical imagination, the desert is never empty. It is a charged landscape: dangerous and barren, yet paradoxically fertile with spiritual possibility. The Israelites […]

Dec 17 Blog

Identifying Pi Ramesses

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two cities in which the Israelites labored during their servitude in Egypt, Pi Ramesses—biblical Raamses […]

Aerial photo of a cross-shaped marble baptistry at the fourth-century church in Laodicea, Turkey. Photo: Dr. Celal Şimşek/Laodikeia excavation.

Nov 13 Blog

When Did Christianity Begin to Spread?

By: BAS Staff

How old is Christianity? Churches are among Biblical archaeology findings that hold the answer.

Sep 4 Blog

How Were Biblical Psalms Originally Performed?

By: Marek Dospěl

Biblical psalms have throughout millennia been an important part of traditional Jewish and Christian worship. How were Biblical psalms originally performed?

A stone relief created in 1958 by sculptor Ferdinand Heseding. The relief, which appears on a fountain in Dusseldorf, Germany, depicts the Biblical spies Joshua and Caleb carrying a cluster of grapes back from the Promised Land (Numbers 13:1-33)

Aug 26 Blog

No, No, Bad Dog: Dogs in the Bible

By: Ellen White

Dogs—or celeb in Hebrew—were not well loved in the Bible. Given the negative associations with dogs, it is surprising that one of the great Hebrew spies bears this name.

Aug 7 Blog

Cats in Ancient Egypt

By: Robin Ngo

According to a recent study, cats were domesticated in Egypt 5,700 years ago—almost two millennia earlier than previously thought.

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