Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1990
Special Section
Ekron of the Philistines
How they lived, worked and worshiped for five hundred years
The first joint American-Israeli archaeological expedition was conceived on a hot summer’s afternoon in 1980. Seymour Gitin, director of the William F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, and Ernest Frerichs, the Albright president, were having tea with Hebrew University professor Trude Dothan at her home in Jerusalem...Read more ›
Ekron of the Philistines, Part I: Where They Came From, How They Settled Down and the Place They Worshiped In
The accumulated evidence from recent excavations at Miqne and other sites and current research on the material culture of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples make the time ripe for a reassessment of the initial appearance and settlement in Canaan of this enigmatic people. Critical to any...Read more ›
Introduction
In The Time Machine, H. G. Wells took his fictional Time Traveler to the future, but we suspect that readers of BAR would prefer to visit the past, especially the Biblical past. Now you can! You can walk in the footsteps of Jesus along the long-buried streets...Read more ›
1990 Excavations
Abila One of the cities of the Decapolis—a federation of ten cities in eastern Palestine (Matthew 4:25, Mark 5:20, 7:31)—Abila appears in the works of several ancient writers such as Polybius, Pliny the Elder and the geographer Ptolemy...Read more ›
Prize Find: Pomegranate Scepters and Incense Stand with Pomegranates Found in Priest’s Grave
BAR recently published a beautifully carved ivory pomegranate with an important inscription on it.a As partially reconstructed, the engraved inscription around the neck of the pomegranate reads as follows: “Belonging to the House of Yahweh, Holy to the Priests.” Based on this reading, many...Read more ›
Volunteer’s Report: Searching for the Phoenicians in Sardinia
Tharros, the site of an ancient city in Sardinia, is best approached by sea. A scattering of ruins near a small village, it lies on a tiny peninsula that hangs south off the western coast of the island. The site’s easily defensible location and its ample harbor...Read more ›