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Mar 4 Blog

The Bacchic Cult at Pompeii

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 […]

Jan 21 Blog

A Second Temple in First Temple Jerusalem?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Solomon’s Jerusalem Temple is easily one of the most central and important buildings in the Hebrew Bible. However, an archaeological discovery suggests that for much […]

Nov 26 Blog

Megastructure Uncovered at Tel Shimron

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Archaeologists at Tel Shimron in Israel’s Jezreel Valley have uncovered a remarkable megastructure, so far unique within the southern Levant. Rising nearly 20 feet above […]

Temple model discovered in the excavation. Courtesy Katerina Katzan, IAA

Nov 21 Blog

Canaanite Folk Worship at Megiddo

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Conducting salvage excavations at the ancient site of Megiddo—famously known as Armageddon in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation—archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) […]

Sep 10 Blog

Cultic Weaponry of Urartu

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations at the site of Ayanis Castle in eastern Turkey revealed three magnificent bronze shields and a helmet dedicated to Haldi, the chief god of […]

The ivory scepter with the longest Linear A inscription known, found in Knossos. Courtesy A. Kanta et al.

May 19 Blog

Longest Linear A Inscription Found in Knossos

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Minoan Linear A is one of the most famous undeciphered scripts from the ancient world. In use from around 1800 to 1450 BCE, it continues […]

Mar 3 Blog

Plants and the Philistine Cult at Gath

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Although the Philistines are well known from ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible, and their cities have been extensively excavated, many questions remain about their […]

Nov 4 Blog

Early Urbanization in Ancient Canaan

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered what is likely the oldest temple ever discovered in the Shephelah region of central Israel. Dating […]

Oct 27 Blog

A Jewish Curse Text from Elephantine

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While the Hebrew Bible provides a great deal of information on ancient Israelite religion and Yahweh worship, there are very few extrabiblical texts that inform […]

Nov 7 Blog

Marijuana Found at Ancient Temple in Israel

By: Jonathan Laden

Judahite Shrine of Tel Arad from 8th century B.C.E. has residue of cannabis and of frankincense

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