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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.
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Yosef Porath (“Vegas on the Med,”) is director of the Israel Antiquities Authority’s excavations at Caesarea. He is preparing three final reports on the site.
Controversy: Academic Debate Crosses the Line
We all take pride in our for bears and in our traditions. Proud to be Irish. Or proud to be Jewish.
Or proud to be Israeli.
Strata: Sherlock Holmes, Paleographer
Paleography, the science of judging the date and authenticity of an inscription based on the shape and slant of the letters, has become almost as well-known a word as be-bop since the surfacing of the controversial ossuary inscription that reads “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.”
Strata: Petra and Bethsaida Visit the U.S.
First Person: Trial by Leak
It is time for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) to formally charge Oded Golan and then try him for forging the inscription that reads “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” The inscription appears on a now-famous first-century C.E. bone box, or ossuary.a
Update: Finds or Fakes?
Fruits of the Sea
Caesarea’s Mighty Harbor
Caesarea’s Mighty Harbor
Herod named the Caesarea harbor Sebastos, Greek for Augustus—an extraordinary monument to the emperor and to Herod’s patron. But the harbor also a monument to Roman engineering prowess.
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