What is Radiocarbon Dating? Biblical Archaeology 101: Exploring Absolute Dating in Archaeology Nathan Steinmeyer May 06, 2022 0 Comments 55 views Share Aerial view of Tel Megiddo, a site in which radiocarbon dating is now frequently used to date archaeological levels and features. AVRAM GRAICER, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons One of the most … Lire la suite
Ich muss gestehen, dass ich den diesjährigen 1. Mai ganz unpolitisch verbracht habe: Nämlich mit einer Radtour ins Pariser Umland, um ein kleines privates Museum am Canal de l’Ourcq zu besuchen, das schon lange auf meiner „Wunschliste“ steht. Es hat aber nur ab und zu geöffnet – diesmal gerade am 1. Mai… Dass es nun … Lire la suite
EVERY DAY, scores of midshipmen walk down the 7th Wing corridor at the U.S. Naval Academy’s sprawling Bancroft Hall dormitory. As they pass Room 7046, they might notice a plaque on the wall commemorating one of their own, Commander Howard Walter Gilmore, class of 1926. He was a World War II submariner, a Medal of … Lire la suite
Who Were the Hittites? Archaeology and the Bible give different answers Ellen White May 05, 2022 19 Comments 78908 views Share Who were the Hittites? At one time the Hittites were one of three superpowers in the ancient world. Tudhaliya IV (1237–1209 B.C.E.) ruled over the Hittite Kingdom during its heyday and is depicted here … Lire la suite
Ancient Jerusalem may have had fewer than 10,000 people Hershel Shanks May 05, 2022 9 Comments 50082 views Share It’s made such an enormous impact on Western civilization that it’s hard to fathom how small its population really was—small compared even to the centers of contemporaneous empires to the east and to the west. Of … Lire la suite
“By accident, a great deal [of J.R.R. Tolkien’s book series “The Lord of the Rings”] can be read topically,” Maj. Warren Lewis, brother to C.S. Lewis, wrote in possibly the first ever review of the novel in 1949. “The Shire standing for England, Rohan for France, Gondor the Germany of the future, Sauron for Stalin.” … Lire la suite
Examining the Critical Role of Local Workers in Archaeology Marek Dospěl May 04, 2022 0 Comments 429 views Share Egyptian foreman watching over local workers at the site of Beth Shemesh, in c. 1920–1933; credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-matpc-15687 Ever since the 19th century, when Western explorers and archaeologists first began … Lire la suite
Was Roman emperor Domitian really the great persecutor of Christians? Mark Wilson May 03, 2022 37 Comments 41904 views Share Ancient portrait of Roman emperor Domitian (r. 81–96 C.E.) set into a bust by Guglielmo della Porta (16th c. C.E.) at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photo: Dan Diffendale/CC BY-SA 2.0. As I revisited a … Lire la suite
American and British troops facing off against each other at Savannah, Georgia, in 1779 amid the fire and fury of the Revolutionary War would probably never have expected that someday their nations would be politely negotiating over the ownership of some lost cannons — yet that is exactly what has happened following the amazing discovery … Lire la suite
Aaron in the Bible Bible Review‘s Supporting Roles by Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel May 03, 2022 30 Comments 38979 views Share Aaron, the first high priest and brother to Moses, worships the golden calf, in an illumination from the late-13th-century manuscript La Somme le Ray. Elie Wiesel points out that this incident, which had disastrous … Lire la suite
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