A 12th-century BC Canaanite or Egyptian fortress in the Guvrin Forest has been restored and reopened to the public.
Rabbi Daniel Rowe writes about the search for Ai.
Marek Dospěl gives an introduction to Amihai Mazar’s article in Biblical Archaeology Review on “Tell Qasile: Harbor Town from the Days of the Judges.”
“An ancient residence [of Marcus Fabius Rufus] believed to be the grandest in the Pompeii archaeological site is being restored with the entire 1.4 million euros ($1.6 million) cost being covered by a private sponsor.”
Asaf Peled explains why “Rome is one of the best places to understand Jewish history.”
New release: Landscapes of Memory: The Old Testament’s Sensory Engagement with Nature, by Emma M. Austin. The foreword was written by Paul Wright, longtime president of Jerusalem University College (IVP Academic, $29)
New release: Biblical Forgery and Academic Authentication: Persisting Patterns of Guile and Gullibility, by Jonathan Klawans (Oxford University Press, $45; Kindle: $15)
Hybrid lecture at the Albright on Nov 11: “Jericho, the Biblical Bias, and Historically Founded Archaeology,” by Lorenzo Nigro
Digging for Truth has a new studio, and the first episode filmed in it looks back with Scott Stripling at the history of excavations conducted by the Associates for Biblical Research.
Chandler Collins has begun a new series reviewing Jerusalem guidebooks, beginning with Jerome Murphy-O’connor’s venerable The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide.
Leen Ritmeyer has written a couple of articles about the ark of the covenant. In the first, he considers the question of where the ark is today. In the second, he discusses the family of Elizaphan, their service in the temple, and where they may have lived.
HT: Agade, Explorator, Alexander Schick