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OCTOBER 2022
The Mysterious ‘Fifth Evangelist’ Who Created the Bible as We Know It
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, Oct. 16, 2022
Iraq Unveils Archaeological Park with Ancient Carvings
Jordan Times — AFP, Oct. 16, 2022
Massive Trojan War Mosaic Uncovered in Syria
Jerusalem Post — Oct. 15, 2022
These Gold Coins Were Stashed in a Stone Wall Nearly 1,400 Years Ago
Smithsonian Magazine — Molly Enking, Oct. 11, 2022
Megachurch Grifters Were Also a Problem for Jesus’ Disciples
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, Oct. 9, 2022
Headless Falcons and a Mysterious Inscription Found in Ancient Egyptian Temple
Jerusalem Post — Oct. 7, 2022
Carved, Signed, Crossed Out – Documents on Wooden Sticks from Ancient South Arabia
ANE Today — Peter Stein, Oct. 2022
Hercules Statue, Approximately 2,000 Years Old, Discovered in Northern Greece
Jerusalem Post — Oct. 4, 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
The Neighbors of the Caliph: Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Mosaics on the Shore of the Sea of Galilee
Phys.Org — Universitaet Mainz, Sept. 26, 2022
A Theory About Ancient Israel and Opium May Have Just Been Proved
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, Sept. 24, 2022
Hundreds of Ancient Artifacts Seized from Home in Northern Israel
Jerusalem Post — Sept. 29, 2022
Camels in the Biblical World of the Ancient Near East
ANE Today 10/9 — Martin Heide and Joris Peters, Sept. 2022
Israel Targets US Christians in Biblical Excavations Tourist Plan
Jerusalem Post — Sept. 3, 2022
"The program is headed by the [Tourism] ministry along with travel agencies EO Tours and Sar-El Tours and in partnership with the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority."
Breaking the Code: Ancient Iran’s Linear Elamite Script Deciphered
ANE Today — François Desset, Kambiz Tabibzadeh, Matthieu Kervran, Gian Pietro Basello, and Gianni Marchesi, Sept. 2022
AUGUST 2022
There Was Never One Version of the Bible
The Torah.com — Carol A. Newsom, Aug. 27, 2022
Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery
New York Times — Jane Arraf, Aug. 23, 2022
Have Archaeologists Found the Home of St. Peter?
Jerusalem Post — Aug. 23, 2022
Early Islamic Mansion With Unique Subterranean Complex Discovered in Israel
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, Aug. 23, 2022
Israeli, German Archeologists Reconstruct Hasmonean Destruction of Greek City
Jerusalem Post — Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Aug. 21, 2022
Jaya Palace excavation in Jordan offers insight into mediaeval transformations
The Jordan Times — Saeb Rawashdeh, Aug. 20, 2022
Roll the Bones: Did Ancients Play, Gamble, or Divine with These Rare Ancient Bones Found in Israel?
Jerusalem Post — Ariella Marsden, Aug. 16, 2022
Watch Bible & Archaeology Editor, Robert Cargill, on History Channel's COLOSSEUM Sunday Evenings
Bible & Archaeology — August 16, 2022
JULY 2022
Neolithic Arrowhead Is the Oldest Artifact Ever Found in Jerusalem
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, July 29, 2022
Archaeologists Find Roman Coin Bearing Zodiac Symbol in Northern Israel
The New Arab — July 27, 2022
French Authorities Detain Two Archaeologists, Including a Louvre Curator, as Part of an Ongoing International Art-Trafficking Dr
Artnet News — Devorah Lauter, July 25, 2022
15th Int’l Conference on History and Archaeology of Jordan Begins August 2
The Jordan Times — July 24, 2022
Controversy Rages Over ‘Jerusalem Curse’ Inscription
Haaretz — Elon Gilad, July 23, 2022
Cheetahs, Mammoths and Saber-toothed Lions: The Prehistoric Savanna of the Holy Land
Haaretz — Ofri Ilany, July 22, 2022
Ethnoarchaeology in Cyprus
Ancient Near East Today 10/7 — Gloria London, July 21, 2022
King Visits Umm Al Jimal Aarchaeological Site, Urges Promoting It As Tourist Destination
Jordan News Agency — July 20, 2022
Elevator Project in Old Jerusalem Leads to Discovery of Mikveh
AP News — Ilan Ben Zion, July 20, 2022
Earliest Known Images of Two Biblical Heroines Unearthed in Israel
Smithsonian Magazine — Lucia Cheng, July 19, 2022
New Theory for Khirbet Qeiyafa: Not King David’s City but a Vast Cultic Compound
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, July 18, 2022
Duropolis: Iron Age Settlement Skeletons Unearthed in Dorset, UK
BBC News — July 1, 2022
JUNE 2022
Your Understanding of Eye of the Needle Is Probably Wrong
Daily Beast — Candida Moss, June 13, 2022
Convert’s ‘Bloody’ Curse Against Robbers Found in Ancient Galilee Grave
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, June 1, 2022
MAY 2022
First Roman Military Amphitheater in Southern Levant Revealed at Excavations near Megiddo
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, May 31, 2022
Discovery Sheds New Light on Ancient Jerusalem Under the Assyrians
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, May 30, 2022
2,100-Year-Old Farmstead in Israel Found 'Frozen in Time' after Owners Disappeared
Live Science — Tom Metcalfe, May 27, 2022
Goddesses of Myth and Cultural Memory
ANE Today 10/5 — Emilie Kutash, May 2022.
Urfa Mosaic Museum Reflects Ancient History of the Turkish City
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, May 24, 2022
Humans and Neanderthals “Lived Together” 50,000 Years Ago
Greek Reporter — Patricia Claus, May 17, 2022
Archaeologists Find Unexpected Source of Stone for King Herod’s Bathtubs
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, May 17, 2022
What’s in a Name? Warriors and Warrior Burials in the Near East
ANE Today 10/5 — Chris Stantis, May 2022
Assyrian Fertility Cult Complex Discovered under Turkish Home Dates to the Iron Age
Live Science — Emily Staniforth, May 10, 2022
Temple of Zeus Lepsynos in Turkey Regains Its Glory
Arkeonews — Leman Altuntaş, May 9, 2022
Ancient Egyptian Mummy Forgotten in Storage Turns Out to be Sacred Bird often Sacrificed to Thoth
Live Science — Callum McKelvie, May 5, 2022
APRIL 2022
Were There Actually 12 Tribes of Israel?
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, April 30, 2022
Does the Bible Believe in the Evil Eye?
The Torah.com — Nicole L. Tilford, April 29, 2022.
Ruins of Ancient Temple for Zeus Unearthed in Egyptian Sinai
Phys.org — Samy Magdy, April 25, 2022
The Song of the Sea and the History of Ancient Israel and Judah
The Torah.com — Prof. Rabbi David Frankel, April 22, 2022
The Social Context of Writing in Ancient Ugarit
ANE Today 10/4 — Philip Boyes, April, 2022
Meet the Winners of Israel's 2022 EMET Prize, The "Israeli Nobel"
Jerusalem Post — Lior Novik, April 20, 2022
Excavations in Turkey Reveal Huge Underground City in Mardin
Daily Sabah — Anadolu Agency, April 19, 2022
Antiquities Thieves Raid Roman Tomb in Nablus
Al-Monitor — Mervat Ouf, April 18, 2022
When Did Satan Go From Inmate to Warden?
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, April 16, 2022
Impressive Byzantine Mosaic in Nahariya Restored 30 Years After Its Discovery
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, April 10, 2022
Iraq Reopens National Museum after Thousands of Smuggled Artifacts Return
Al-Monitor — Adnan Abu Zeed, April 6, 2022
The Concept of Music in Ancient Mesopotamia
ANE Today 10/4— Daniel Sánchez Muñoz, April 2022
MARCH 2022
Judahite Elite in Jerusalem Drank Wine Flavored With Vanilla 2,600 Years Ago
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, March 30, 2022
Earliest Mosaic in Israel Dedicated to Jesus May Soon Be Sprung from Prison
Times of Israel — Amanda Borschel-Dan, March 28, 2022
AI Can Help Historians Unravel Ancient Texts
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, March 19, 2022
Does the Bible Have a Loophole Passage for Getting to Heaven?
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, March 19, 2022
Famous Siloam Inscription Shows the Complexity of Repatriation of Antiquities
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, March 19, 2022
Did Women Fight as Gladiators in Ancient Rome?
History.com — Melinda Beck, March 16, 2022
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Pavement Restoration Allows First-time Excavation
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, March 14, 2022
Not So Fast: Turkey Denies Return of Siloam Inscription to Israel
Anadolu Agency — Turgut Alp Boyraz, March 14, 2022
Turkey Agrees to Return Ancient Hebrew Siloam Inscription to Jerusalem
Times of Israel — Shalom Yerushalmi and TOI Staff, March 11, 2022
Looted Ancient Magical Bowls Discovered in Jerusalem Home
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, March 7, 2022
FEBRUARY 2022
Where Did Peter the Apostle, Disciple of Christ, Really Live?
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, February 27, 2022
London's Largest Roman Mosaic in 50 years Discovered by Archaeologists
CNN.com — Jeevan Ravindran, February 23, 2022
Archaeologists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Hunting Shrine in Jordan
Bible & Archaeology — Robert R. Cargill, February 22, 2022
Rain Exposes 1,600-year-old Marble Column in Ashdod Dunes
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, February 22, 2022
Prof. Oded Lipschits Awarded the 2022 EMET Prize in Archaeology
Tel Aviv University — February 21, 2022
Shipwreck reveals previously unknown Mediterranean metal trade routes
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, February 21, 2022
Secrets of Crusader Water System Uncovered in Northern Israel
Haaretz — Andrew Califf, February 16, 2022
Language Death—The Case of Akkadian
ANE Today 10/2 — Johannes Hackl, February, 2002
Were There Sumerians?
ANE Today 10/2 — Paul Collins, February, 2022
Thousands of rare antiquities recovered in unique pre-dawn raid
Jerusalem Post — Judith Sudilovsky, February 9, 2022
Does an Ancient Ring Found in Shipwreck Depict Jesus Christ?
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, February 6, 2022
Scientists find oldest evidence of humans in Israel — a 1.5 million-year-old bone
Times of Israel — Luke Tress, February 2, 2022
Archaeologists uncover ancient helmets and temple ruins in southern Italy
The Guardian — Angela Giuffrida, February 1, 2022
JANUARY 2022
In Memoriam: Martha Sharp Joukowsky
Archaeological Institute of America — January 25, 2022
2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed “Like New”
Hyperallergic — Jasmine Liu, January 25, 2022
30 Mummies Discovered Inside an Ancient Fire-scorched Sacrificial Structure
Live Science — Yasemin Saplakoglu, January 25, 2022
2 Giant Sphinxes Depicting King Amenhotep III Found at Ancient Egyptian Temple
Live Science — Laura Geggel, January 25, 2022
Discovery of Millet in Bronze Age Mesopotamia Changes Understanding of Early Farming
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, January 24, 2022
Sex With Mirrors Was a Kink Too Far for Romans
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, January 23, 2022
Archaeologists Find Oldest Picture in the World. It’s a Pig
Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, January 17, 2022
Ancient Mesopotamians bred horse-like hybrids
Arkeonews.net — By Oğuz Büyükyıldırım, January 17 2022
The Romans Used to Crucify Dogs
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, January 16, 2022
Greco-Roman rock-cut tomb discovered west of Aswan
Ahram Online — Nevine El-Aref, January 14, 2022
The Exceptional Career of a Mesopotamian Ruler without a Crown: Kudur-Mabuk and the Kingship of Larsa
ANE Today 10/1— Baptiste Fiette, January 13, 2022
Using the Bible as an Archaeological Travel Guide to Israel
Haaretz — Moshe Gilad, January 12, 2022
An Ampulla was discovered for the first time in the ancient city of Dara, Turkey
Arkeonews — Leman Altuntaş, January 11, 2022
Skilled Managers Key to Success of Ancient Arava Valley Copper Mines
Jerusalem Post — Rossella Tercatin, January 10, 2022
4,000-year-old gameboard uncovered by Polish, Omani archaeologists
Jerusalem Post — January 9, 2022
Podcast: Author Andrew Lawler digs into wacky-but-true tales of Jerusalem archaeology in new book
Times of Israel — January 7, 2022
So Who Were the Magi—AKA the Three Kings—Who Visited Jesus?
The Daily Beast — Candida Moss, January 6, 2022
Biblical Kings Were Plagued by Parasites, Study of 2,700-year-old Jerusalem Toilet Shows
Haaretz — Ariel David, January 4, 2022
How 19th Century Western Archaeologists Made Jerusalem a Zionist Dream
Haaretz — Andrew Lawler, January 3, 2022
DECEMBER 2021
"Earliest victims of Bronze Age Thera (Santorini) volcanic eruption found in Turkey" (Jerusalem Post — December 28, 2021)
"Mummy of famous Egyptian pharaoh digitally unwrapped for first time in 3,000 years" (Live Science — Owen Jarus, December 28, 2021)
"Unfinished Roman-era statue found in old Macedonian capital of Veria (ancient Berea)" (Jerusalem Post — December 28, 2021)
"Large Roman fort built by the Roman Emperor Caligula discovered near Amsterdam" (The Guardian — Daniel Boffey, December 26, 2021)
"'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility goddess" (Live Science — Laura Geggel, December 23, 2021)
"Ancient underwater treasure found in Caesarea with Christian gold ring" (Jerusalem Post — Rossella Tercatin, December 22, 2021)
"When Biblically Inspired Pseudoscience and Clickbait Cause Looting" (Sapiens — Morag M. Kersel, Meredith S. Chesson, and Austin "Chad" Hill, December 15, 2021)
"Cache of 13,000 Ostraca Unearthed in Upper Egypt's Sohag" (Ahram Online — Nevine El-Aref, December 15, 2021)
"Missing Papyri Professor Must Return $7 Million to Hobby Lobby" (Christianity Today — Daniel Silliman, December 15, 2021)
"In Hometown of Mary Magdalene, Israeli Archaeologists Find Second Synagogue" (Haaretz — Ruth Schuster, December 13, 2021)
"Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion uncovered in the UK" (Live Science — Owen Jarus, December 8, 2021)
"2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity" (Phys.org — University of Zurich, December 8, 2021)
"Ancient Egyptian Texts for the Afterlife?" (ANE Today 9/12 – Rune Nyord, December 2021)
"Renowned Egyptologist says it’s time to stop romanticizing ancient Egypt" (UCLA Newsroom — Alison Hewitt, December 6, 2021)
"Is this really the biblical city where Jesus walked on water?" (Live Science – Owen Jarus, December 3, 2021)
"The Rise of Silver Coinage in the Ancient Mediterranean" (ANE Today 9/12 – Gil Davis, December 2021)
NOVEMBER 2021
"Culinary Detectives Try to Recover the Formula for a Deliciously Fishy Roman Condiment" (Smithsonian Magazine – Taras Grescoe, November 2021)
"Byzantine Basilica With Graves of Female Ministers and Baffling Mass Graves Found in Israel" (Haaretz – Ariel David, November 15, 2021)
"Oh deer! Archaeologists reveal culinary taste of prehistoric Israelis" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, November 14, 2021)
"Ancient Hangover Cure Discovered—And It's Very Pretty" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, November 14, 2021)
"Archaeologists discover 'slave room' at Pompeii" (Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2021)
"Archaeologists Reveal Secrets of Assyrian War Machine That Conquered Ancient Judah" (Haaretz – Ariel David, November 9, 2021)
"How did people live (and die) in biblical Azekah? 4 skeletons shed light" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, November 3, 2021)
"David and Solomon’s Kingdom as a State: An Archaeo-Historical Anachronism" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 11 – Zachary Thomas, November 2021)
"Italy Repatriates Ancient Artifacts to Mexico" (Archaeology Magazine – November 3, 2021)
"Tomb of New Kingdom Treasurer Found in Egypt" (Archaeology Magazine – November 3, 2021)
"A Half a Century of Studying Biblical Coins" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 11 – David Hendin, November 2021)
"Bronze Age Swords Unearthed in Greece" (Archaeology Magazine – November 2, 2021)
"Heads of Two Statues Uncovered in Turkey" (Archaeology Magazine – November 2, 2021)
"Roman Statues Unearthed in England" (Archaeology Magazine – November 1, 2021)
"The Phaistos Disk-An Enigmatic Artifact in its Cultural Context" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 11 – Giorgia Baldacci, November 2021)
"The Shavei Zion Figurine Assemblage. A Cultic Site at Sea" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No. 11 – Meir Edrey, Adi Erlich, and Assaf Yasur-Landau, November 2021)
OCTOBER 2021
"Judahite Temple Near Jerusalem May Have Housed Statue of Canaanite God" (Haaretz – Ariel David, October 27, 2021)
"Assyrian Wine Production Site Found in Iraq" (Archaeology Magazine – October 26, 2021)
"Unique Arabic Inscription Found on Ballista Ball at Crusader Castle in Israel" (Haaretz – October 24, 2021)
"Why Are There Christian Crosses on Jewish Graves in Ancient Italy?" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, October 24, 2021)
"Prehistoric Phallus-Shaped Pillars Found in Turkey" (Archaeology Magazine – October 22, 2021)
"Amythest Seal Showing Biblical Persimmon and Maybe an Ibis Found in Jerusalem" (Haaretz – Sam Sokol, October 21, 2021)
"'Church of the Apostles' in Bethsaida Mysteriously Buried, Archaeologists Discover" (Haaretz – Ruth Schuster, October 20, 2021)
"Possible Crusader Campsite Found in Israel" (Archaeology Magazine – October 20, 2021)
"Swords, gold, & shipwrecks: Israeli waters keep on revealing treasures" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, October 19, 2021)
"400 stone-cut chamber tombs, filled with wall paintings and treasures, discovered in Turkey" (Live Science – Laura Geggel, October 18, 2021)
"Newly found skeleton may bring fresh insights on Vesuvius eruption" (Times of Israel – AFP, October 16, 2021)
"Byzantine Winery Discovered in Central Israel" (Archaeology Magazine – October 12, 2021)
"Data Science and the Bible: Rediscovering the History of the Christian Bible in Ethiopia" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 10 – Steve Delamarter and Daniel Assefa, October 2021)
"Aspects of Daily Life in Ancient Egyptian Letters" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 10 – Susan Thorpe, October 2021)
"Rethinking Slavery in the Ancient Near East" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 10 – Ella Karev and Seth Richardson, October 2021)
"Divine Channels: Rediscovering the Canal Networks of the Assyrian Empire" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 10 – John MacGinnis, Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, and Jason Ur, October 2021)
"Archaeologists find 2,700-year-old toilet in luxurious palace in Jerusalem" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, October 5, 2021)
"Roman Temple Discovered in Ancient City of Tyre" (Archaeology Magazine, October 4, 2021)
"4,500-year-old jar from the Bronze Age discovered in southern Turkey" (Jerusalem Post, October 4, 2021)
"40,000-year-old sealed cavern in Gibraltar gives new insight into Neanderthal life" (Jerusalem Post – Shira Silkoff, October 3, 2021)
SEPTEMBER 2021
"Water sustainability throughout Jerusalem's history" (Jerusalem Post – Susan de la Fuente, September 30, 2021)
"Zeus temple gate unearthed in Turkey" (Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2021)
"Who Were the Etruscans? DNA Study Solves Origin Mystery" (Haaretz – Ariel David, September 24, 2021)
"US to formally return 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' tablet to Iraq" (Times of Israel, September 21, 2021)
"Making, Trading, and Consuming Phoenician Wine" (ANE Today – Adriano Orsingher, Jens Kamlah, Hélène Sader, Aaron Schmitt, Silvia Amicone and Christoph Berthold)
"The Ancient Salt Industry on the Mediterranean Coast of Israel" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 9 – Ehud Galili and Sarah Arenson)
"Altered States and Paleolithic Caves" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 9 – Yafit Kedar, Gil Kedar, and Ran Barkai)
"Royal Illness in the Bible and the Ancient Near East" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 9 – Isabel Cranz)
"Saudi Arabia's rock-cut camels redated" (Archaeology Magazine, September 20, 2021)
"Mass grave of slaughtered Crusaders discovered in Lebanon" (Live Science – Ben Turner, September 17, 2021)
"Saving Iraq's Tomb of Nahum, a secret mission resurrects Kurdistan's Jewish past" (Times of Israel – Tal Schneider, September 15, 2021)
"1,500-Year-Old Winepress, Other Artifacts Unearthed in Israel" (Science News, September 13, 2021)
"Roman emperor's statue discovered in Aydin" (Hurriyet Daily News, September 13, 2021)
"2,000-year-old quarry found to supply stones for ancient Jerusalem" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, September 5, 2021)
"Archaeologists Find Jerusalem Stone Quarry From Second Temple Period" (Haaretz – Ruth Schuster, September 5, 2021)
"Byzantine church dedicated to unknown martyr unearthed in Israel" (Live Science – Owen Jarus, September 2, 2021)
"Weight used to cheat in trade during First Temple era found in Jerusalem" (Jerusalem Post – September 2, 2021)
"Paradigm Shift in Human Evolution: Early Humans Left Africa via Arabia" (Haaretz – Ruth Schuster, September 1, 2021)
"Herodian Hangout" (Archaeology – Marley Brown, September/October 2021)
"Seeds of Conflict" (Smithsonian – Joshua Hammer, September 2021)
AUGUST 2021
"From Texts to Scribes: Evidence for Writing in Ancient Israel" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 8 – Philip Zhakevich)
"Why Did the World End in 1200 BCE?" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 8 – Jesse Millek)
"Neo-Assyrian Legal Practice — Law without Lawyers" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 8 – Betina Faist)
"Cognitive Science and the Ancient Near Eastern Religious Imagination" (ANE Today Vol. 9, No 8 – Brett Maiden)
"From Texts to Scribes: Evidence for Writing in Ancient Israel" (ASOR – Philip Zhakevich, August 2021)
"Update: Week 4—Protecting the Cultural Heritage of Cyrene, Libya" (ASOR – Ahmad Emrage and Susan Kane, August 2021)
"New Study Solves the Mystery of Dead Sea Scrolls Site" (Haaretz – Nir Hasson, August 27, 2021)
"Archaeologists expose Torah ark of Vilna synagogue destroyed by Nazis, Soviets" (Times of Israel – Michael Bachner, August 26, 2021)
"IN PHOTOS: Excavating the Great Temple at Motza Near Jerusalem" (Haaretz – Ruth Schuster, August 26, 2021)
"Stunningly preserved mummy of slave found in Pompeii graveyard" (Live Science – Stephanie Pappas, August 17, 2021)
"Well-preserved skeleton skeleton sheds light on culture in ancient Pompeii" (Jerusalem Post – Reuters, August 17, 2021)
"Ancient 1,700-year-old coins found on Israeli beach" (Jerusalem Post – Staff, August 14, 2021)
"Archaeologists unearth 1st Jerusalem evidence of quake from Bible's Book of Amos" (Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan, August 4, 2021)
"Sacred stone tied to the legend of Romulus and Remus unearthed in Rome" (Live Science – Tom Metcalfe, August 3, 2021)
JULY 2021
"Contacts Between the Cuneiform Cultures and India" (ANE Today – Claus Ambos)
"Did an Academic Outsider Determine What Saved Jerusalem from Conquest by the Assyrian Emperor Sennacherib in 701 BCE?" (ANE Today – Alice Ogden Bellis)
"New Symbols of Hierarchy: On the Origins of the Cartouche and Encircling Symbolism in Old Kingdom Pyramids" (ANE Today – David Ian Lightbody)
"A Treasure Quest in the Copper Scroll from Qumran" (ANE Today – Jesper Høgenhaven)
"Assurbanipal's iPad: Wax Boards in the Ancient Near East" (ANE Today – Michele Cammarosano and Katja Weirauch)
"Archaeologists Uncover Rare "Fast Galley" From 2nd Century BCE" (Maritime Executive – July 27, 2021)
"Israeli Archaeologists Find Biblical Name ‘Jerubbaal’ Inked on Pot From Judges Era" (Haaretz – Ruth Schuster, July 14, 2021)
"Five-letter inscription inked 3,100 years ago may be name of biblical judge" (Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan, July 14, 2021)
"From the Louvre to the Met—Should We Break Up Major Museums?" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, July 6, 2021)
"Fossil Shark Teeth Cache Unearthed In The City Of David, One Of The Oldest Parts Of Jerusalem" (Forbes.com – David Bressan, July 4, 2021)
JUNE 2021
"The Art of Conservative Rebellion: A Short Introduction to the First Sealand Dynasty" (ANE Today – Odette Boivin)
"Housewives, Weavers and Businesswomen: Assyrian Women from Assur and Kanesh" (ANE Today – Cécile Michel)
"The Symbolic Representations of the Cosmos in the Hittite Rock Sanctuary of Yazilikaya" (ANE Today – Eberhard Zangger and E.C. Krupp)
"Temples and Cult Places in Iron Age Transjordan" (ANE Today – Margreet L. Steiner)
"2,000-year-old Roman coffin unearthed in UK, enlightens on funeral rituals" (Jerusalem Post – Staff, June 29, 2021)
"New prehistoric human unknown to science discovered in Israel" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, June 24, 2021)
"Fossils found in Israel are ‘last survivors’ of ‘missing’ type of extinct humans" (Times of Israel – Christina Larson, June 24, 2021)
"Stunning archaeological find: Is there an 'underworld' under the earth?" (Jerusalem Post – Maariv Online, June 21, 2021)
"Prehistoric man lived with and loved Neanderthals in the Negev 50,000 years ago" (Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan, June 14, 2021)
"New Discovery Highlights How Jews and Christians Were Once Naughty with Magic" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, June 13, 2021)
"7,000-year-old seal impression marks prehistoric site as early trade hub" (Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan, June 10, 2021)
"Ancient stone anchor used for 2,000 years found on Israel’s northern coast" (Times of Israel – Staff, June 10, 2021)
MAY 2021
"Glass: Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln" (ANE Today – Andrew Shortland)
"Mesopotamian Sculpture in Color" (ANE Today – Astrid Nunn)
"Monotheism or Monopoly? Akhenaten and His Religious-Political Reform" (ANE Today – Jiří Janák)
"The Geography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire" (ANE Today – Ariel M. Bagg)
"Bad Judeans? Despite biblical ban, non-kosher fish were eaten in ancient Israel" (Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan, May 25, 2021)
"Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysterious scribe wrote eight diverse scrolls, scholars find" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, May 4, 2021)
"From Papal Gift to Royal Fertility Charm, the Insane Story of Jesus’ Foreskin" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, May 3, 2021)
APRIL 2021
"Reading Inscriptions Alongside the New Testament" (ANE Today – D. Clint Burnett)
"Sheshonq (Shishak) in Palestine: Old Paradigms and New Vistas" (ANE Today – Felix Höflmayer and Roman Gundacker)
"Excessive and Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible" (ANE Today – Rebekah Welton)
"Condemning Statues" (ANE Today – Simon Connor)
"My Meeting with Mellaart or, Dutch Cigars and the Case of the Missing Wall Paintings" (ANE Today – Alex Joffe)
"Archaeologists Think They’ve Found Missing Link in Origin of the Alphabet" (Daily Beast – Candida Moss, April 25, 2021)
"How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Carbon-dating project to offer answers" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, April 25, 2021)
"Israel uncovers 3,500-year-old inscription from biblical Canaan" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, April 17, 2021)
"Stoned in the Stone Age: Prehistoric humans got high - Israeli scholars" (Jerusalem Post – Rossella Tercatin, April 8, 2021)
MARCH 2021
"Commemorating Jesus: Constantine's Church of the Holy Sepulchre" (ANE Today – Jordan J. Ryan)
"Visualizing Ancient Athens in 3D" (ANE Today – Dimitris Tsalkanis)
"The (Historical) Origins of God" (ANE Today – Theodore J. Lewis)
"A Cosmic Impact and the Beginning of Farming at Abu Hureyra in Syria" (ANE Today – Andrew M.T. Moore)
FEBRUARY 2021
"Genderbending Performances in Wartime: From Judges to Judith" (ANE Today – Jacob Wright)
"Neo-Assyrian Deportation and the Levant" (ANE Today – Jonathan Valk)
"Eggstraordinary Objects" (ANE Today – Tamar Hodos)
"The Last Empire of Iran" (ANE Today – Michael R.J. Bonner)
JANUARY 2021
"The Enigmatic Tablets from Late Bronze Age Deir 'Alla" (ANE Today – Michel de Vreeze)
"Sinai in Ten Maps" (ANE Today – Ahmed Shams)
"Saqqara in 3D: A New Look at an Ancient Site" (ANE Today – Elaine Sullivan)
"Fish Sauces — The Food that Made Rome Great" (ANE Today – Benedict Lowe)