The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem is the oldest American research center for ancient Near Eastern studies in the Middle East. Founded in 1900 as the American...
Whenever the Diggings tour visits the granite quarries at Aswan, I marvel at the way in which the ancient Egyptians carved up the mountains as if they were cutting cheese. Granite is one of the hardest rocks known to man, yet these amazing craftsmen, armed with...
The Latest Archeology News Extracts From The World Of Research Via The Web The purpose of the PEF was (and is) to promote research into the archaeology and history, manners and customs and culture, topography, geology and natural sciences of biblical Palestine and the...
Tablet ignites debate on messiah and resurrectionBy Ethan Bronner, Published: July 5, 2008 JERUSALEM: A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and...
For the last two years, the annual Diggings tour has included a visit to Gordion, an archaeological site about 100 km west of Ankara, beside the modern Turkish village of Yassihoyuk. This is the legendary city of King Midas and an important historical site in Turkey....
