“Archaeologists have found the skeleton remains of a man and a woman at the ancient site of Pompeii — the woman carrying a small cache of treasure — who died as they sought refuge during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.”
Cuneiform tablets discovered more than a century ago have been translated, describing how “some lunar eclipses are omens of death, destruction and pestilence.”
AI is proving quite useful in reconstructing the missing portions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and discovering new segments.
Nathan Steinmeyer reviews a recent proposal that questions whether a building in Dura-Europos is the world’s oldest house church.
To really understand the ancient city of Antioch on the Orontes, one must look not to archaeology by to early Christian writers.
NY Times: US federal investigators raided the home of the 84-year-old wife of a deceased archaeologist on suspicion that some antiquities in her collection were looted.
The Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society has a YouTube channel with a number of recent video lectures by top scholars, including:
- Ken Dark, “Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth”
- David M. Jacobson, “The Beginnings of Judaean Coinage”
- Steven Ortiz, “Searching for Solomon’s City: Recent Excavations at Tel Gezer”
- Ronny Reich, “The Jewish Character of Jerusalem of the Early Roman Period as Attested by the Archaeological Record”
- Christopher Rollston, The Schooling of a Scribe in Ancient Israel
- Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, “No Place Like Home; Ancient Israelite Households in Context”
Walking The Text explains the imagery of stadium and chariot races that were well-known to Paul and his readers.
HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Ted Weis, Arne Halbakken, Wayne Stiles, Alexander Schick