Prize Find: Golden Cobra from Ekron’s Last Days
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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Jerusalem Down Under: Tunneling Along Herod’s Temple Mount Wall
Relics from Antiquity: Birds of a Feather?
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BAR Draws Blood
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Goggle-eyed sphinxes form the cheekpieces of this bronze bit from Luristan, the mountainous region in western Iran. Dating to the ninth through seventh centuries B.C., the bit belongs to a hoard of bronze tools and weapons plundered from Luristan graves.
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Benjamin Mazar (1906–1995)
Even Briefer
The Synagogue
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The Walls of Jerusalem: From the Canaanites to the Mamluks
Gregory J. Wightman (Sydney: Meditarch, 1993) 331 pp. 31 plates, Aus$170.00
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