Rossella Tercatin writes about the exhibition, “The Girl Who Wrote,” that will open at the Israel Museum when the war restrictions are lifted.
With the museums in Israel currently closed, visitors can take advantage of online offerings, including activities for children.
The Times of Israel writes about the Purim holiday in light of current events.
Bryan Windle concludes his series on Jericho, arguing that it was City V, not City IV, that Joshua conquered.
Katharina Schmidt gives an update on the archaeological excavations at the Amman Citadel in the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Archaeologists working in Luxor’s West Bank have found a cache of painted coffins with a collection of rare papyri that dates to Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period.
A tour guide in Egypt was arrested for drawing a stick figure into the wall of an ancient pyramid.
A 14-minute video shows how Pompeii looked before its destruction.
Bryan Windle discusses the top ten archaeological discoveries related to Esther on Digging for Truth.
“This past month, the most significant news stories from the world of biblical archaeology all involved stones: a stone seal, a stone vessel workshop, and limestone blocks related to a biblical Pharaoh.”
Zoom lecture on March 9: “Sensing the Synagogue,” by Karen B. Stern ($10). You can get a preview in this BAS article.
New release: Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt, Volume 2, edited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline R. Cartwright (Getty Museum; open-access, including pdf)
The eBook of Bringing Heaven Here is on sale through Sunday for $3.99 (Kindle, B&N, Apple, Google, Kobo).
Jodi Magness has written a retrospective piece about her career as an archaeologist.
HT: Agade, Explorator, Paleojudaica