3,000-year-old ceramic jar discovered with Biblical name inscribed
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a large ceramic jar that is 3,000-year-old. On they found the name ‘Eshbaal Ben Beda’ inscribed – Eshbaal is a figure mentioned in the Bible as the son of King Saul.
Housekeeping, Neandertal-Style: Hearth Placement and Midden Formation in Kebara Cave (Israel)
The interpretation of Neandertal life ways has probably never been as polarized as it is today. At one extreme are many archaeologists and biological anthropologists, and quite a few geneticists, who see Neandertals as belonging to a species other than our own, most often a decidedly inferior one in terms of both behavior and cognitive wherewithal
An Ancient Love Poem: the Book of Canticle
Are there two or three main participants, and settles on two, King Solomon and the Shulammite? Is the book one unified poem or a collection of love lyrics?
Painting the wine-dark sea: traveling Aegean fresco artists in the Middle and late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
By examining the fresco fragments themselves I establish that the motifs represented and the style of manufacture are in fact Aegean. Textual evidence from the Near East and Egyptian tomb paintings suggest that the Aegean was well-known for its artistic accomplishments and that Aegean goods and the artisans that produced them were treated as elite commodities.
Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion
It has been used in many parts of the world and in many time periods; but is perhaps best known today as a cruel method of social control and punishment in the Roman Empire around 2000 years ago.
Pontius Pilate and the Imperial Cult in Roman Judaea
While Pontius Pilate is often seen as agnostic, in modern terms, the material evidence of his coinage and the Pilate inscription from Caesarea indicate a prefect determined to promote a form of Roman religion in Judaea.
3000-year-old city wall discovered in Jerusalem
A section of an ancient city wall of Jerusalem from the tenth century B.C. — possibly built by King Solomon — has been…