The September 2004 edition of Biblical Archaeology Review has devoted 21 pages to the latest archaeological information on Caesarea, the brain child of Herod the Great, and today a major tourist attraction in Israel. It is on the Mediterranean coast 60 km north of Tel...
According to the Bible, Ahab built for himself a “house of ivory” in Samaria, an off-the-cuff statement which, in my youth, conjured up the picture of a bone-white ramshackle construction made out of elephant tusks. In fact, I gather that a good many Bible students...
When Howard Carter finally cleared his way into the tomb of Tutankhamun he found the chambers crammed full of treasure, lying around in glorious disarray. In one corner stood a couple of chariot bodies and neatly stacked on the floor in front of them were their gilded...
MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Copyright, John T. Stevenson, 2000 (Used With Permission) 1. The Rosetta Stone. Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798. He was hoping to cut England’s supply line to her holdings in India. It was an ill-fated...
Culture-historical archaeology or simply Culture history is a form of archaeological theory. The approach emerged in the nineteenth century and came about through the first efforts to explain the past as well as describe it. Its primary goal was describing the...
