Archaeologists working in Shikhin, ancient Asochis. have discovered the 2nd-century AD house and workshop of an oil lamp maker who hailed from Judea. (Haaretz premium; 2013 story in the Jerusalem Post)
Ten jugs from the time of Eli and Samuel have been discovered in excavations at Shiloh.
The 7-year long excavation project of Carchemish has ended and the Karkamış Ancient City Archaeological Park is supposed to open May 12, 2018.
Israeli authorities arrested antiquity thieves near Tekoa who were making off with columns from a Byzantine church.
Chris McKinny has posted an overview of Week 2 at Tel Burna.
There were a lot of people digging at Gath last week. See the blog for daily reports.
If you’ve ever wondered how ancient walls are conserved, Leen Ritmeyer provides a very informative photo essay documenting the conservation process in the recent excavations of Shiloh.
Evangelical Textual Criticism posts a video which provides some details on the long awaited revelation of the first-century AD manuscript fragment of the Gospel of Mark.
Rami Arav responds to the PEF chairman’s explanation to why they cancelled the conference in Jerusalem.
“The European Union (EU) said on Thursday it would cut off financing for terror groups from the lucrative trade in priceless cultural artefacts stolen in war zones such as Syria and Iraq by imposing tough import controls.”
“Southwestern Seminary’s Charles D. Tandy Archaeological Museum was recognized with the 2017 Best of Fort Worth Award in the museum category.” The museum has been renovated in recent years and the collection expanded.
A new one-minute video provides a fly-through animation of the fortress of Khirbet el-Maqatir (Ai?).
Shmuel Browns took a bike ride out to Ein Henya, a traditional location for Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch.
Israel’s Good Name reports on a Bar Ilan University field trip to Latrun, Abu Ghosh, and Latrun.
Ferrell Jenkins reflects on the stork, both in the Bible and in the Bible lands.
Brandon Marlon has written about the “Rivers of Israel” (including the rivers in Jordan).
Wayne Stiles learns lessons about God’s will at Kadesh Barnea.
Logos is selling a video course on Jesus and Archaeology.
Kindle deal: NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible ($3.99).
New book from Wiley-Blackwell: A Companion to Assyria, edited by Eckart Frahm (hardcover $200, e-book $44; Amazon).
If you have used Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, here’s a way you can help.
HT: Joseph Lauer, Agade, Paleojudaica, A.D. Riddle