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ON THE COVER: A ceramic horseman on his steed leaps from a Phoenician tomb in Eilat Mazar’s “Achziv Cemeteries: Buried Treasure from Israel’s Phoenician Neighbor.” |

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The Phoenicians were the ancient Israelites’ close neighbors who had a profound impact on Israelite art and architecture—and were the cause of heated clashes over the influence of their Canaanite religion. Prompted by looting, archaeologists undertook the excavation of three major cemeteries around the Phoenician site of Achziv in northern Israel, and what they’ve found is helping bring an ancient culture back to life.
Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?Contrary to most modern Bible translations, ancient Israelites proudly drank beer—and lots of it. Even God drank beer.
The eminent Israeli archaeologist Trude Dothan has spent her career uncovering the truth about ancient Israel’s much-maligned enemy, the Philistines. We recently sat down with the “Queen of the Philistines” to talk about her greatest accomplishments and fondest memories in a storied career.
When Yigael Yadin excavated the water system at Tel Hazor in the 1960s, he expected the shaft and tunnel to lead to the nearby springs just south of the city. But instead the tunnel turned west and stopped beneath the tell—in a rock-cut water chamber. How and where did the Israelite residents of Hazor find enough water to withstand a siege—within their own city walls?

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Temple Mount Repairs Leave Eyesores
Biblical ViewsThe Economics of Family: Changing Biblical Norms
Archaeological ViewsThe Mystery Remains: Who Leaked the Scroll Pictures to BAS?
10,000 Cups of Coffee: Putting Deir el-Balah on the Map
Repelling the Evil Eye
Behold the Beasts
Bagram, Afghanistan

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Letter from the BAR Managing Editor
Temple Mount Repairs Leave Eyesores
The Economics of Family: Changing Biblical Norms
The Mystery Remains: Who Leaked the Scroll Pictures to BAS?
The Bible in the News: Turn, Turn, Turn

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Easter: Exploring the Resurrection of Jesus
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The First Christmas: The Story of Jesus’ Birth in History and Legend
Israel: An Archaeological Journey
From Babylon to Baghdad: Ancient Iraq and the Modern West
Exploring Jordan: The Other Biblical Land
Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete
The Olympic Games: How They All Began
The Dead Sea Scrolls—What They Really Say
Real or Fake? Forgery Conference Report

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