A Workable Proposal to Regulate Antiquities Trade
Since 1967, more than 11,000 archaeological sites have been robbed within Israel’s pre-1967 borders, according to members of the Anti-Plundering Task Force of the Israel Department of Antiquities.a
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.
Glossary
“Dolphins”: sailing term for mooring piers just outside a harbor. Ships coming from the open sea would make fast on a “dolphin” while waiting to enter the harbor.
Is This Solomon’s Seaport?
Glossary
Achaemenid (uh-KEE-meh-nid): the dynasty of kings that ruled Persia from about 550 to 331 B.C.
favissa (FAH-viss-uh): similar to a geniza (see below), this is a special pit in which discarded votive figurines were deliberately buried, probably in a religious ceremony.
What Happened to the Cult Figurines? Israelite Religion Purified After the Exile
The Suggested Timetable—Who Suggested It? Who Agreed to It?
When this timetable for publishing the Dead Sea Scrolls material finally came out, it was only a “Suggested Timetable.” BAR asked Israel’s Department of Antiquities who suggested the timetable and who agreed to it, but the Department of Antiquities declined to answer our questions.
Dead Sea Scrolls Scandal—Israel’s Department of Antiquities Joins Conspiracy to Keep Scrolls Secret
Queries & Comments
Readers’ Solution to the Mysterious Pot from Tel Batash
Glossary: A Question of Defense
Books in Brief
Akhenaten: King of Egypt
Cyril Aldred (London & New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988), 320 pp., 107 illustrations, $35.00
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