An inscription written in the Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian languages has been discovered at Naqshe-Rustam, the royal necropolis of Persepolis.
Work on the sewer system in Kition, Cyprus, keeps revealing ancient remains from the Classical and Roman periods.
A decade of restoration work of King Tut’s tomb has been completed. The History Channel has many photos.
The vase that the British Museum realized was a mace is in fact a vase.
The BBC reports on several women whose interest in archaeology began with a childhood fascination with mummies.
Eisenbrauns is running a sale of 30-50% off of titles in the Duke Judaic Studies and Sepphoris Archaeological Report series.
Beit Shemesh and Kiriath Yearim are the subjects of discussion in this week’s The Book and the Spade.
Shmuel Browns shares several photos he took along the Alon Road in eastern Samaria.
If you have been to Israel before, answer a few quick questions to help Wayne Stiles as he puts together a video series to help travelers prepare for a Holy Land Tour.
It’s a slow week, so here’s a bonus quotation:
“My definition of archaeology, shared with students during almost forty years of teaching historical geography, is that archaeology is the science of digging a square hole and the art of spinning a yarn from it” (Anson Rainey, “Stones for Bread: Archaeology versus History.” Near Eastern Archaeology 64 (2001): 140.
HT: Agade, Ted Weis