Leen Ritmeyer explains why he disagrees with Eilat Mazar’s claim that the Second Temple is “waiting to be unearthed.”
Shmuel Browns has a well-illustrated article on Popular Archaeology entitled “Netzer’s Legacy: The Wonders of Herodium.”
Wayne Stiles makes a connection between the feast of Shavuot (Weeks or Pentecost) and Beth Shemesh.
Al Arabiya News profiles the Nimrud ivories, and Ferrell Jenkins provides some additional commentary and photos.
Haaretz takes the occasion of the inauguration of Jerusalem’s Light Rail to reminisce about an earlier, short-lived rail project from Jerusalem to el-Bireh/Ramallah. The author describes it as an electric rail system, but the accompanying photo shows the train billowing smoke.
The Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem is almost entirely Ultra-Orthodox.
An article in the Telegraph lists the top five religious mysteries as the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy
Chalice, the True Cross, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Sudarium of Oviedo.
The New York Times celebrates the completion of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, ninety years after it was begun.
If you’re wondering what is brand new and most popular for the week, see the lists at bib-arch.org.
