“A newly conserved ritual bath from the Second Temple period has been opened to the public at Tel Hebron.”
Forty-two pages of Paul’s letters in the 6th-century manuscript Codex H have been recovered using multispectral imaging to recover “ghost” text.
The latest issue of Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology is now online (open-access). One of the articles is about a new Hebrew ostracon from Lachish.
A recent book recounts a story of an archaeology professor who saw golden vessels from the temple in a basement in St. Anne’s Church.
Bryan Windle highlights the top three reports in biblical archaeology for the month of April.
The NY Times looks at the challenge museums face in securing artifacts from theft while at the same time maintaining a feeling of openness (gift link).
New release: Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis: The Civic Basilica and the Southern Bathhouse, by Arleta Kowalewska and Michael Eisenberg (Eisenbrauns, $130, but 30% off with code ANE26).
Claire Pfann, co-founder with her husband Stephen of the University of the Holy Land, died this week.
It’s not biblical archaeology or geography, but as the faculty editor, I am pleased with volume 3 of the TMU Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies.
I have not seen any AI-generated videos related to biblical archaeology until one showed up in my Google Alerts this week. Entitled “Ketef Hinnom: The Oldest Biblical Secret,” the 1.5-minute video is pure AI, from the information to the imagery. The essence of the report is accurate, but the photos are misleading, and not a single image of relevance ever appears (such as the site or the amulets). I fear we’ll see more of this, if not be swamped by it. Posted 4 days ago, the video already has 14,000 views.
HT: Agade, Alexander Schick, Explorator