A Neolithic shrine has been discovered in Jordan’s eastern desert.
Remains from Alexander the Great’s siege of Gaza have been discovered in a cemetery.
Archaeologists have found remains from the Roman period, including catacombs, in Elazıg in eastern Turkey.
A pair of “exceptional” mosaics from the Roman period have been discovered in London.
One of the iron daggers in King Tut’s tomb apparently came from a meteor that landed in Syria.
Smithsonian magazine runs a feature story on the excavations at Troy.
Bible History Daily has a brief interview with Monique Roddy as she prepares for this summer’s excavations at Khirbat al-Balu‘a.
Chris McKinny and Kyle Keimer discuss the proposal that locates Sodom at Tall al-Hammam in the latest episode of the Biblical World podcast.
On the Thin End of the Wedge, Farouk al-Rawi reflects on his life as an archaeologist in Iraq.
Kasia Szpakowska writes about our knowledge of dreams in ancient Egypt.
The Mycenaean Atlas Project has added the complete Pleiades dataset, the harbor dataset from Arthur de Graauw, and the Topostext dataset from Brady Kiesling.
Carl Rasmussen thinks it is quite possible that Paul was sentenced to death in the Julia Basilica in Rome.
The latest issue of Biblical Archaeology Review includes articles on the origin of the Philistines, Herod’s palace at Caesarea Philippi, and finding the Red Sea.
Bryan Windle identifies the top three reports in biblical archaeology this month.
HT: Agade, Joseph Lauer, Keith Keyser, Arne Halbakken, Alexander Schick
