Is the Biblical Account of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan Historically Reliable? By Yigael Yadin There are essentially two views of the Israelite occupation of Canaan. The first conforms in its main…
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Ear plugs from Ekron
Read on 12/12/08 Philistine Fashion Ear plugs from Ekron By Trude Dothan The Philistines settled on the coastal plain of what is now Israel around 1200 B.C.E. and established the famous five…
Return to Lachish
Read on 12/12/08 Return to Lachish By Steven Feldman “It feels good to be back,” says David Ussishkin as we approach the impressive mound of Lachish, a major military outpost of the…
Why Lachish Matters
Read on 12/12/08 Why Lachish Matters A Major Site Gets the Publication It Deserves By Philip J. King Scroll down to sidebars: Lachish Level by Level Lachish: Read All About It The…
Nautical Archaeology and Biblical Archaeology
Read on 12/12/08 Nautical Archaeology and Biblical Archaeology George F. Bass Related Items: Map Showing Land Sites and Shipwreck Sites Map From the beginning, the relationship between the new field of nautical…
Ships in the Ancient Mediterranean
Read on 12/12/08 Ships in the Ancient Mediterranean Steve Vinson The earliest evidence of travel on the Mediterranean Sea is from the Mesolithic period, at least 10,000 years ago, when voyagers left…
Canaanite Ugarit—Modern Ras Shamra
Canaanite Ugarit—Modern Ras Shamra J. Philip Hyatt On the Syrian coast at the point nearest the easternmost tip of Cyprus is a deserted mound known as Ras Shamra, the position of which…
Did Yahweh Have a Consort?
Did Yahweh Have a Consort? The new religious inscriptions from the Sinai By Ze’ev Meshel The book of Kings describes a time during the 9th–7th centuries B.C. when the land was divided…