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.
Masada—The Final Reports
Masada: The Yigael Yadin Excavations 1963–1965, Final Reports
What Did King David’s Palace Look Like?
We can know a great deal about what King David’s palace looked like even if we never find it in excavations.
Excavate King David’s Palace!
Beth-Shemesh Through the Years
Middle Bronze Age 2200–1550 B.C.E.
c. 1700–1550 B.C.E. Flints, ceramics and a series of tombs provide the only evidence of the earliest city, as revealed by early 20th-century American excavations.
c. 1550 B.C.E. Egyptian campaign destroys the city, according to archaeologist George Ernest Wright.
The Secret of the Cistern
BAR volunteers discover Beth-Shemesh’s lifeblood
BAR Dig Scholarships
Prize Find: An Incense Shovel from Bethsaida
Slowly it emerged from the ground: a beautiful, 8-inch-long bronze incense shovel, the prize find of the 1996 excavations at Bethsaida, near the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Timeline
Prehistory (1,000,000 to 3150 B.C.)
Har Karkom
Sha’ar ha-Golan
Bronze Age (3150 to 1200 B.C.)
Ashkelon
Tel Rehov
Tel Harassim
Nahal Tillah
Hazor
Beth-Shemesh
Any Time, Any Place: A Dig for Every Interest
How far back can we peer into human history? Like astrophysicists gazing at the edge of the universe to detect evidence of the Big Bang, archaeologists and paleontologists search back before “history” to trace out human origins.
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