Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.
So! It was something I ate!
—Peter Sellers, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our November/December contest. We are pleased to congratulate Peter Sellers of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who wrote the winning caption, and our runners-up:
March 7, 383 A.D. Emperor Constantine declares “Sunday” a day of rest.
March 11, 1425 B.C. Death of Egyptian pharaoh Tuthmose III.
March 12, 515 B.C. Construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem is completed.
How many temples dedicated to a Roman deity have been discovered in the Holy Land?
See “Strata Answers” for answer
Some changes have occurred in the digs listing since the January/February issue. The deadline for BAS dig scholarship applications is now March 5, 2007.
The Yavneh Yam excavations will run from July 15 to August 10. Please contact Ilan Shachar ([email protected]) for information. The Apollonia-Arsuf excavation has decided to join the dig at Yavneh Yam led by director Moshe Fischer.
Professor Norman Golb of the University of Chicago recently criticized the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. Golb, a leading scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls, called the exhibit one-sided and said it omitted “relevant information” and recent developments in the controversial debate about the origins of the scrolls, thus contradicting the Science Center’s mission to present a balanced, scientific exhibit.
Will the archaeology of ancient Israel no longer survive as a field of academic study at Oxford University?
Masada fell to the Romans in 73 or 74 C.E. when the last of the Jewish rebels encamped inside the palace/fortress built by Herod the Great decided to kill themselves rather than be taken alive by Roman forces. Now, however, scientists are warning that Masada could fall again, literally.
Homer has turned up in a Cyprus tomb—or rather, some scenes from his poems have. Painted in red, black and blue on a white background, illustrations of the Iliad and the Odyssey were found on a stone sarcophagus discovered by accident in a tomb in the coastal Paphos region of western Cyprus.
