IAA excavations in the Schneller Compound in Jerusalem have revealed a Roman bathhouse and a Roman- or Byzantine-era winerpress. High-res photos and a video may be downloaded here.
Archaeologists have unearthed a cemetery in use from the Middle Bronze to the Iron Ages south of Bethlehem. Two journal articles on which the report was based can be read here and here.
A hidden camera reveals for the first time the condition of Palmyra after ISIS terrorists destroyed temples, arches, and tower tombs.
A missing letter in an inscription brings into question whether the Amphipolis tomb really belonged to Hephaestion, Alexander the Great’s beloved friend and general, and may instead belong to Alexander’s mother, Olympias.
The Bethsaida Excavation Project has posted their 2015 season report (73 pages with lots of photos).
Three looted Mesopotamian sculptures were found in a Slovenian refugee camp.
Haaretz runs a story on the mysterious 90-mile long wall in Jordan.
Two UCSD professors are working with the Israel Antiquities Authority to update the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land.
An online Neo-Assyrian Bibliography compiled by Heather D. Baker and Melanie Groß is available.
Egypt is seeking to add four archaeological sites in Alexandria and Sinai to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Jacob sheep being raised in Canada will be brought back to Israel.
The death of the Dead Sea has probably never been better illustrated than in this multi-media rich “article” at Haaretz. It includes the prediction that within 20 years there may be no access to the shoreline of the Dead Sea.
Clyde Billington and Gordon Govier discuss the latest discoveries on this week’s edition of The Book and the Spade.
Shmuel Browns visits the site of Lifta (biblical Nephtoah) on the edge of Jerusalem.
Minna Silver takes readers on a visit to biblical Haran, once home to the patriarch Abraham.
Eisenbrauns’s Deal of the Weekend: The Horsemen of Israel
Horses and Chariotry in Monarchic Israel, by Deborah Cantrell ($20).
Barry Britnell introduces a new video project entitled “Following the Messiah” and encourages everyone to support the project through their Kickstarter Campaign.
HT: Ted Weis, Gale, Joseph Lauer, Agade, Ferrell Jenkins
