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Biblical Archaeology Review
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.
Update: Finds or Fakes?
ReViews: The Biblical World—For the Mind and the Eyes
The Holy Land, as we know, is a place resplendent in history and beauty. Several guide and coffee table books are now available that help put the locations we read about in the Bible into a historical and visual context.
Archaeological Views: The Western Cultural Tradition Is at Risk
Biblical Views: The Last Man Standing
Strata: Strata Answers
What Is It?
D. (a horse blinder)
Dating to the eighth century B.C.E., this ivory horse blinder, or blinker, from ancient Nimrud would have been attached (as part of a pair) to a horse’s bridle, thus preventing the horse from seeing to its side and getting distracted or spooked in crowded areas.
How Many?
2,000
Strata: How Many?
Approximately how many known written items from the period of the Hebrew Bible have been found in the region of ancient Israel and its close neighbors?
Strata: What Is It?
A. The end of an oar from a royal barge
B. A spoon rest
C. A snow shoe for a goat
D. A horse blinder
E. The back of a hairbrush
Strata: Fellner Foundation Increases Prize Money for BAS Publication Awards
Strata: Ben-Tor Still Wields the Baton
Hebrew University professor Amnon Ben-Tor, long-time director of the excavation of the Biblical mound of Hazor, continues as director of the excavation. Indication to the contrary in our last issue of dig listings was incorrect. We apologize to Professor Ben-Tor.
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