Resource Manager Posted February 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Ancient History with New Virtual Reality Lithodomos VR allows visitors to the Jewish Museum of Australia to place themselves in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, says curator Eleni Papavasileiou 01 February 2018 "Strap on your goggles, because virtual reality has arrived at the Jewish Museum of Australia."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Israel: An Archaeological Journey A First Temple Period Palatial Estate Near Jerusalem? Discoveries at Ein Hanniya and their Iron Age palatial context Samuel Pfister • 02/13/2018 "Following a tumultuous end to the Bronze Age that saw the abandonment of urban centers and mass migrations of populations, the advent of the Iron Age witnessed the emergence of a newly settled landscape ..." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 New Video on Lachish Excavation Posted on February 14, 2018 by Luke Chandler "If you are interested in Archaeology and the Bible, and especially if you’re curious what it’s like to join a dig, a new video is available for your enjoyment. The video covers recent work at biblical Lachish and was created by Bob Henry and Rachel Martin, a couple that participated in recent excavations there. Lachish is one of the most important sites in Israel with major discoveries, old and new, that illuminate our understanding of the Bible and its times."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 A Crusader-Era High Altar Resurfaces in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher This reminder of centuries-old history was sitting in plain sight all along By Andrew Lawler smithsonian.com February 16, 2018 "For decades it was known only as the “graffiti stone.” Leaning against a wall in a shadowy corner of Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher, the big blank rock the size of a dining-room table invited scribbling by passing pilgrims and tourists." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 In Find of Biblical Proportions, Seal of Prophet Isaiah Said Found in Jerusalem Chanced upon near a seal identified with King Hezekiah, a tiny clay piece may be the first-ever proof of the prophet, though a missing letter leaves room for doubt By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN 22 February 2018, 7:00 am Continued Also @: Ritmeyer Archaeological Design A Seal Impression of Isaiah the Prophet Continued PaleoJudaica.com A Bulla of Isaiah (the Prophet?) Continued BiblePlacesBlog Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Possible Seal Impression of the Prophet Isaiah Discovered in Jerusalem Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 CAESAREA, ISRAEL Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice. "In Caesarea Maritima you can dive in the Mediterranean Sea and explore the underwater archaeological remains of one of the ancient world wonders, the harbor built by Herod—yes, that Herod—in 13 BC. The city of Caesarea was the wealthy and cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of Judaea. There, Jews, Samaritans, Romans, Greeks, and Syrians lived and did business more or less pacifically for centuries, before the city was conquered and destroyed."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Babatha & the Role of Women in the 2nd Century Exploring the mysterious 2nd-Century find in the Cave of Letters. by Dr. Henry Abramson February 17, 2018 "Nearly two thousand years ago, a Judean woman hiding from Roman soldiers buried her most precious legal documents in a cave. Discovered by an Israeli archaeologist, Babatha's archive reveals a vivid portrait of the life of a second-century woman." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Galilee Gardener Digs up Medieval Ring Bearing Smiling St. Nicholas 700-year-old bronze band is emblazoned with image of patron saint of pilgrims, whose reputation for gift-giving turned him into Santa Claus in Christian West By SUE SURKES 26 February 2018, 1:27 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 OPHEL EXCAVATION DIRECTOR DISCUSSES BIBLICAL DISCOVERIES, TEMPLE MOUNT “The Ophel was built by King Solomon in the 10th century, and it was the biblical equivalent of an acropolis in Jerusalem where royalty ruled from.” BY DANIEL K. EISENBUD FEBRUARY 26, 2018 19:35 Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 More on: Biblical Archaeology Review 44:2, March/April May/June 2018 Is This the Prophet Isaiah’s Signature? By Eilat Mazar Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Previously Unknown Stretch of 2,500-year-old Incense Route Found in Israel's Negev Desert "The path of the overland trading route from southern Arabia to Gaza was known to researchers, but they thought this 7-kilometer stretch lay elsewhere" Nir Hasson and Ruth Schuster Feb 25, 2018 8:13 PM Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April May/June 2018 Volume 44 | Number 2 Free Access Continued H/t: BiblePlacesBlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 ASOR Photographs of the 1952 Qumran Caves’ Expedition "Following the excavations of Cave 1Q (originally designated as the ‘Dead Sea Scrolls Cave’, ‘Qumran Cave’, or ‘Ain Feshkha Cave’) in 1949 and the Murabba’at caves in January-February 1952, a new cave with manuscript fragments was discovered by local Bedouin and manuscript materials were put up for sale by Khalil Iskander Shahin (Kando), an antiquities dealer in Bethlehem. The Director of the Department of Antiquities in Jordan, Gerald Lankester Harding, went with William L. Reed, Director of the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR), Dominique Barthélemy, from the École Biblique et Archéologique Française (ÉBAF), and Joseph Saad, from the Palestine Archaeological Museum (PAM), to identify this cave, which was subsequently designated as Cave 2Q." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 IN PHOTOS Vanishing Dead Sea - a Hermit Haven "It’s sunset at the Dead Sea, where the New Age melds with a biblical vista in danger of becoming a paradise lost" By Reuters Feb 28, 2018 Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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