We have a brand new video to introduce the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands to teachers, pastors, students, and all those who love the places of the Bible! In just two minutes, you’ll learn:
Watch the short video below (those reading by email should click here).
For more information, go here.
Emek Shaveh has submitted a petition to Israel’s Supreme Court asking that Elad not be allowed to operate the City of David Archaeological Park.
The Museum of Biblical Art in NYC will permanently close on June 14. The American Bible Society could not find a new location for its rare Bible collection when it sold its building recently.
May 5 in NYC: By the Rivers of Babylon – A Symposium Exploring New Evidence from Ancient Texts about the Jewish Exiles
Here is a silent film segment of the Good Samaritan, re-enacted in Palestine in the 1920s.
The Independent has a lengthy profile of the antiquities trade long going on in Syria.
No one is visiting the pyramids of Sudan at Meroe.
Aren Maeir recommends The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans as a worthy introductory textbook to the subject.
If you liked the drone video of Herodium, you can see more from Amir Aloni here.
HT: Ted Weis, Joseph Lauer, Agade
Israeli authorities have arrested 7 Bedouin for illegally excavating at Tel Ma’aravim.
Take a tour of all the discoveries in Ashkelon with Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am’s well-illustrated article in The Times of Israel.
If you haven’t already purchased Wayne Stiles’s Going Places with God, it’s now only $1.99 on Kindle (for a limited time).
The most detailed article on the Dome of the Rock carpet replacement job is at Israel HaYom.
Exploring Bible Lands shares photos with unique perspectives of the basilica in Nazareth and the spring of Harod.
Gary Manning discusses recent claims of the Talpiot Tomb on the Book and the Spade.
Learn why Jeff Blakely carries a roll of brand new US pennies in his dig bag.
I’ve never had a better perspective of Herodium than from this drone video (2.5 min).
The latest from SourceFlix: The Bible as a Tool in Archaeology (4 min)
Not long ago we created a list of U.S. museums with artifacts related to the biblical world. Bible
Gateway has produced a list of museums and exhibits on the Bible itself.
The River Jordan is the subject of this summer’s ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies Forty First International Conference at Oxford. Presenters include Yigal Levin, Amihai Mazar, Gerald Mattingly, Joan Taylor, and many others.
Eric Cline’s lecture on 1177 BC at the Oriental Institute is now online. At the beginning he shares his “over the top” book trailer.
Haaretz has a feature written by Mike Rogoff entitled “What is a City Gate?”
Ferrell Jenkins illuminates the story of the man being lowered through the roof.
An Arutz-7 article describes the relations between the Jewish and Samaritan communities on Mount Gerizim.
Registration for MEMRA 2015 is now open. Courses include beginning biblical Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Ugaritic.
Maney Online has opened up all of its online content from archaeology, conservation, and heritage journals for free through today. Journals include Palestine Exploration Quarterly, Levant, and Tel Aviv. If you don’t know where to start, try a search for Jerusalem.
BibleWorks 10 has been released.
HT: Agade, James Joyner
Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental entrance to the Herodium that was apparently buried by King Herod. The short video is more informative than the article.
Russian archaeologists have discovered portions of the walls of Memphis, capital of ancient Egypt.
The US has returned 123 artifacts smuggled out of Egypt.
Mathematicians at Tel Aviv University are developing algorithms to recognize ancient Hebrew letters inscribed on potsherds (or here).
The Temple Mount Sifting Project has a brief report about and many photos from the carpet job in the Dome of the Rock.
The Shrine of the Book opened 50 years ago this week.
The Plains of Moab remind us to remember what God has done in our lives.
Besides a Beretta, what else is in Aren Maeir’s dig bag?
Menahem Haran died recently at the age of 91.
HT: Ted Weis, Agade
John Beck is a guest on Our Daily Bread: Exploring the Land of the Story: Unlocking Biblical Geography. Beck’s Discovery House Bible Atlas has just been released. Beck is interviewed about his atlas on the Good Book Blog.
The Museum of the Bible is hosting a series of lectures in Oklahoma City twice a month through July. The final event is a first-century meal.
Here’s an impressive collection of photographs of medieval stained glass illustrating the Bible.
The Palestine Exploration Fund shares some photos of field books that belonged to Charles Wilson.
There’s a new website for the Sardis Expedition.
The Israel Post has issued a stamp featuring the Cyrus Cylinder.
Juan Manuel Tebes has a lengthy summary of the debate over David and Solomon on the ASOR Blog.
Gabriel Barkay will be lecturing in Kentucky on April 30.
Hershel Shanks is on The Book and the Spade discussing the 2015 excavation season.
HT: Steven Anderson, Agade, Charles Savelle