Michele Barasso

By: Various Authors

In his 1994 Biblical Archaeology Review article, acclaimed epigrapher André Lemaire first proposed that the ninth-century BCE Mesha Stele from ancient Moab includes a reference […]

By: BAS Staff

Take part in our ever-popular Caption Contest. Write a caption for the cartoon based on 2 Samuel 6:14: “David danced before the Lord with all […]

By: Andrea Nicolotti

Today many consider the Shroud of Turin—the alleged burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth—to be the most important relic of Christianity.1 It is a linen […]

By: Jennifer Drummond

February, of course, is the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day. Though a holiday associated by many with romance, in the modern world we often forget […]

By: James D. Tabor

Millions around the world viewed the “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn in the southwest sky Monday, December 21, 2020 as Jupiter “caught up with” […]

By: BAS Staff

Take part in our ever-popular Caption Contest. Write a caption for this cartoon based on Exodus 16:15–16: “When the Israelites saw it, they said to one […]

By: BAS Staff

The Millo THE ARTICLE “The Millo: Jerusalem’s Lost Monument,” by Chris McKinny et al. is excellent and makes a good case for the purpose and […]

By: BAS Staff

And the Winner Is … “I’m burning for some spirited conversation!” —Claudia McAdam, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries […]

By: Glenn Corbett

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced in March, 2021 that explorations in the Judean desert south of Jerusalem revealed scores of new scroll fragments hidden […]

By: Konstantinos Politis

  Jonathan Tubb, renowned archaeologist and long-time curator of Levantine antiquities at the British Museum, passed away on September 25, 2023 in London. He was […]