Excavations in Jerusalem have revealed yet another fantastic discovery: a gold ring from the early Hellenistic period (late fourth–early third century BCE) that illuminates the The post Anci...
A wall painting found in the House of the Physician in Pompeii contains the earliest known depiction of a Biblical scene. Two onlookers in the crowd appear to be the Greek philosophers Socrates a...
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Josephus’s commentaries on the laws and characteristics of the Essene community have been invaluable to scholars studying ancient Jewish laws and customs. The post Josephus on the Essenes ap...
The biblical account of King Solomon’s many accomplishments mentions that the king fortified Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer, and that he rebuilt several other sites The post King Solom...
When seeking “hidden” knowledge, ancient Greeks and Romans visited sacred oracles and consulted necromancers, who communed with the dead. The necromancer’s art often involved strange journe...
According to the Bible, the Israelites stayed at a place called Kadesh-Barnea following their Exodus from Egypt and wanderings through the desert. Where is Kadesh-Barnea? The post Wilderness Wa...
An early alphabetic text discovered at Beth Shemesh in central Israel has drawn the attention of Assyriologists and archaeologists for nearly a century. Although the The post An Early Alphabet...
The apocryphal Acts of John describe the dance of Jesus and the apostles. How widespread was the ritual of dance in Christian worship? The post Jesus as Lord of the Dance appeared first on Bib...
The stories of Sodom and its destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called “cities of the plain” mentioned in Genesis...
While carrying out salvage excavations in the city of Rahat in the northern Negev desert, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) came across something The post Ships in the...
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