Reconstructing the Banias Floor
Step 1: Begin with the tile that has the greatest number of sides, the octagon.
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.
Opus Sectile
Words from the Desert: Examples of Safaitic Inscriptions
l wdm’l bn grm’l bn nḫr bn ġrb h-ṣmd w ḏbḥ gml ‘l-h f slm yṯ‘ m-śn’ w ‘wr m ‘wr h-’sfr
Finding Ashkelon’s Philistine Cemetery
It happened right in the middle of our 2012 excavation season. A car stopped along the side of the road, and a man jumped out and said, “I know where the Iron Age cemetery of Ashkelon is located.”
Caption Contest
“And you called me an ass!”
—Vernon Moyer, Hickory, North Carolina
Authors
Ahmad Al-Jallad (Jesus in Arabia: Tracing the Spread of Christianity into the Desert) is Professor of Arabic Studies at The Ohio State University. He focuses on the languages and writing systems of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East.
Queries & Comments
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