Egyptian mummies are cool again.
Eretz magazine recalls the magnificent discovery fifty years ago of the Cave of the Treasure with its 429 copper objects from the 4th millennium BC.
Leon Mauldin has been circling the Old City of Jerusalem, posting photos and descriptions about each of Jerusalem’s gates: Golden Gate, Herod’s Gate/Flower Gate, St. Stephen’s Gate/Lion Gate, Zion Gate, and most recently, the Huldah Gate.
Al-Ahram Weekly reviews the major finds of the season in Aswan, Luxor, and Alexandria.
U.S. officials have broken up a ring of smugglers that was bringing Egyptian antiquities into the U.S.
The ASOR Blog has its weekly review of major archaeological stories around the world.
All journals published by the University of Cambridge are open for free access to the public for the next six weeks.
Israel is opening its baptismal site on the Jordan River. Again. I’m sure we’ve had this story at least twice before. Maybe this is a brilliant marketing strategy: keep faking the grand opening.
HT: Joseph Lauer, Jack Sasson
