The Temple Mount Sifting Project writes about the research into the reconstruction of the temple courts’ colorful geometric floor patterns, including the release of a couple of new digital reconstructions of the Temple Mount.
The rabbi of the Western Wall is demanding the Israel Museum return the Temple Mount stone inscribed “to the place of trumpeting.”
An archaeological project to cultivate ancient varieties of grapes at Avdat has begun to bear fruit.
“Hidden beneath a thick canopy in the western Galilee, Khirbet Tzonam, once a Byzantine town, has amazing stone arches, courtyards and ruins – and still feels like a discovery.” (Haaretz subscription)
“The Byzantine-era church in Nahariya that had been hit by a Hezbollah rocket in April has reopened to the public.”
A couple of antiquities thieves have been indicted after they were caught collecting artifacts at Horvat Hadarim near Tel Dor.
Bible Mapper Atlas has created a new poster map of the land of Israel during the New Testament. It is available in high-resolution for free.
Titus Kennedy is on Digging for Truth to discuss archaeology and the people of the Bible.
On the Biblical World podcast, Paul Anderson discusses the extensive archaeological evidence that supports the historicity of the Gospel of John.
The latest video from Expedition Bible looks at five of the most significant evidences for the enduring name of God.
Marek Dospěl provides an overview of the Gezer Calendar.
New release: Judeans in the Land of the Nile. Papers on Achaemenid Egypt, Elephantine, and the Hebrew Bible Presented in Copenhagen, August 19–20, 2024, edited by Kacper Ziemba and Frederik Poulsen (Münster, 75 EUR)
Available for pre-order on Logos: Jerusalem: The Temple Mount, by Leen and Kathleen Ritmeyer (Carta, $13)
Yuval Goren, archaeology professor at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, died recently.
Keith Schoville, longtime professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, died at the age of 98. Gordon Govier writes about their partnership on The Book & The Spade.
Daniel Sivan, longtime professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, died last week.
HT: Agade, Ted Weis, Explorator, Paleojudaica