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Jesus Grew Up Here
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 2, 2015): The childhood home of Jesus Christ may have been found underneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Nazareth, Israel. Read about this amazing discovery in “Has J… read more →
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Storied—and Controversial—Biblical Archaeology Magazine Turns 40
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 11, 2015)—Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), the largest and most popular Biblical archaeology magazine in circulation with more than a quarter million readers worldwide, i… read more →
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Jesus Was a Real Person According to Extra-Biblical Evidence
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 12, 2014)— Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, the world’s largest religion, but some have questioned whether he ever actually lived. In “Did Jesus Exist? Searc… read more →
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Discover the Other "Philistines" Who Lived North of the Pentapolis in the November/December 2014 Issue of Biblical Archaeology Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 3, 2014)—BAR While many people have heard of the Philistines, their neighbors to the north are lesser known. In “The Other Philistines,’” Ephraim Stern explains how the Philisti… read more →
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Discover whether Jews lived in Christian (Byzantine) Jerusalem in the September/October 2014 Issue of Biblical Archaeology Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2014)— After the Bar-Kokhba Revolt in the second century, Jews were banned from living in Jerusalem—renamed Aelia Capitolina by the Roman emperor Hadrian. The city was left… read more →
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Discover the Siege of Masada from the Roman Viewpoint in the July/August 2014 Issue of Biblical Archaeology Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 11, 2014)— In the siege of Herod’s desert fortress at Masada at the end of the First Jewish Revolt, the Romans waged both literal and psychological warfare to impress upon the Jew… read more →
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The Search for King Herod’s Tomb Continues in the May/June 2014 Issue of Biblical Archaeology Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 09, 2014)— King Herod was buried at Herodium—a fact recorded by Josephus in the first century—but where precisely? In 2007 archaeologist Ehud Netzer reported that he had found the t… read more →
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50 People In The Bible Confirmed By Archaeology
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 20, 2014)— A recent study has found archaeological confirmation for at least 50 people mentioned in the Bible. The list includes kings of Israel and Judah, Egyptian p… read more →
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American Archaeologists in Egypt Make Mudbricks Like Ancient Israelite Slaves
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 12, 2014)— An American archaeological team is making mudbricks in Egypt—or at least was in 2013—just like the Israelite slaves in the Bible, and is using some of them to recon… read more →
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Hershel Shanks Releases Autobiography
WASHINGTON D.C. (June 17, 2010)—New York Times Article Praises Biblical Archaeology Review Editor Hershel Shanks and His New Autobiography Hershel Shanks, founder and editor of Biblical Archaeology R… read more →
