Tel Shiqmona is open to visitors after a two-year, $1 million renovation project.
J. D. Cohen writes about ten important biblical archaeological finds.
Efforts to restore the Birkatain archaeological site near Jerash, including its Roman pools and theater, have so far been unsuccessful.
New article in Currents in Biblical Research: “The Changing Scale of Israelite Religion: Embodiment, Space, and Material Practice,” by Jeremy D. Smoak (open-access)
New release: The Potential of Agriculture in the Phoenician Homeland: Landscape and Land Use in Southern Lebanon during the Late Iron Age and Persian Period, by Julia Rummel (BAR Publishing, 65 €)
Zoom lecture on Nov 4: “The First Oil Age: Olives, Copper & the Edge of Urbanism in the Ancient Levant,” by Jaimie Lovell (A$25; free for students)
Hybrid symposium on Feb 7, 2027: “Jerusalem Archaeology: Between Past and Present,” with Jodi Magness, Shimon Gibson and Andrew Lawler (Biblical Archaeology Society, $69)
Paul Anderson is a guest on The Book and the Spade to talk about the new book he edited on Archaeology, Jesus, and the Gospel of John.