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Ancient Mosaic Floor Found Near Kibbutz Bet Qamain, Israel
It’s Byzantine and it’s spectacular: A magnificent 1,500-year-old mosaic floor has been uncovered by archeologists near Kibbutz Beit Kama in the south, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday. The mosaic was the most outstanding find in a Byzantine-era village unearthed … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Byzantine, Discovery, Excavation, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Mosaic, News
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City of David
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Tagged Biblical, Biblical Archaeology, City of David, Israel, Jerusalem, Video
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Ancient Quarry, Key Unearthed in Jerusalem
The Times of Israel reports: Archaeologists working in Jerusalem have discovered a 2,000-year-old stone quarry, along with an iron key and masonry tools dating to the same period, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The large quarry adjacent to the modern-day … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Biblical, Biblical Archaeology, Discovery, Excavation, Israel, Jerusalem, News, Quarry
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You Can Trust the Bible
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Tagged Archaeology, Bible, Biblical, Biblical Archaeology, Christianity, Faith, Video
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Archaeology at the BBC
This is really great. The BBC is releasing videos from the archive: A collection of programmes charting the BBC’s first ventures into archaeology programming, dating back to the 1950s, available online to watch in full. There are hours of free video … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, BBC, Biblical, Biblical Archaeology, Resources, Video
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The Gabriel Stone Goes on Display in Jerusalem
Also called Gabriel’s Revelation. The Huffington Post reports in typical sensational fashion: An ancient stone with mysterious Hebrew writing and featuring the archangel Gabriel is going on display in Jerusalem as scholars debate the inscription’s meaning. The so-called Gabriel Stone, said to have … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Archangel Gabriel, Artefacts, Biblical Archaeology, Christianity, Gabriel Stone, Hebrew, Inscription, Israel Museum
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Archaeology after the Arab Spring
The transformative political events in the Middle East over the past two years have had, among many other unexpected outcomes, profound effects on the direction of research in Near Eastern archaeology. War and civil unrest act as both a carrot … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Spring, Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology, Middle East, Politics, Research
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Using Inscriptions from the Antiquities Market: Polarized Positions and Pragmatic Proposals
Dr Christopher Rollston writes: Archaeological sites in the Middle East have been ransacked, pillaged, and plundered for many decades. The motivations of the actual pillaging are normally economic: the pursuit of marketable artifacts. That is, the pillagers wish to find objects … Continue reading
Archaeologists Uncovered Ancient ‘Gates to Hell’
The Herald Sun: Archaeologists have opened the ancient ‘Gates to Hell’ in Turkey – and found it’s still a killer. A group of Italian archaeologists have announced they have found the legendary “Pluto’s Gate”, a portal filled with foul-smelling noxious … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Discovery, Excavation, Hierapolis, News, Research, Turkey
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