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Picture of the Week: Camels Feeding at Nazareth in 1890s 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
(Post by Seth M. Rodriquez) This week I have been working my way through the book of Job. In chapter 1 we read that Job owned 3,000 camels (v. 3) and that these camels were stolen from him by the Ch...
Answer: Nabi Yoûnis 21 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
(Post by A.D. Riddle) The answer to yesterday's challenge is Nabi Yoûnis (or Nebi, Neby, Yunus, Younes, Yunas—there are a variety of English spellings. I will use the spelling "approved" by the U.S. ...
Wednesday Roundup 21 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
For last year’s Water in Antiquity Conference, Chris McKinny provided some brief notes. Now the papers and PowerPoints are available for many of the presentations. Archaeologists in Turkey are claimi...
Where in the World . . .?: Jonah's LZ 21 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
(Post by A.D. Riddle) "The LORD commanded the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon dry land" (Jonah 2:11, JPS). Can anyone name the place where, in church tradition, Jonah was vomited back onto land? ...
7th Century BC Inscription Found in City of David 18 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
Archaeologists working in the City of David have discovered an inscription from the 7th century that may have had the name of Zechariah the son of Benaiah (2 Chr 20:14). The inscription was found in a...
Weekend Roundup 17 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
Fortifications from the 8th century BC were discovered in the first season of excavations at Ashdod-Yam, the harbor city of Philistine Ashdod. The official website is here. Gordon Govier and I talk t...
Picture of the Week: Sinai Peninsula 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
(Post by Seth M. Rodriquez) Our Picture of the Week comes from the Sinai Peninsula: a rugged, mountainous area in eastern Egypt. This region was in the news this week due to violence and unrest in th...
Wednesday Roundup 14 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
The Preliminary Report of the 2013 Jezreel Expedition Field Season has been posted at The Bible and Interpretation. Three areas were excavated in the inaugural season. Aren Maeir and Jeffrey Chadwick...
The IAA and the Jehoash Inscription 12 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
Nir Hasson reports in Haaretz on the continuing saga of the Jehoash Inscription. The Jehoash Tablet is a stone bearing an inscription in ancient Hebrew describing the renovation of the First Temple b...
Weekend Roundup 10 Aug 2013 | 05:06 pm
On this week’s broadcast of The Book and the Spade, Gordon Govier and I talk about the recent discoveries of the Elisha inscription at Tel Rehov and the Roman Legion base at Megiddo. Listen here. Fer...
