Timna Park, 20 miles (32 km) north of Eilat, has benefitted from a multi-million dollar spending spree, resulting in the creation of four new bicycle paths, hundreds of shade trees, and talk of a new hotel. The article says not a word about the best attraction of the park: the life-size model of the tabernacle.
In a BAR editorial, Aaron A. Burke describes how his detective work in the records of a deceased archaeologist revealed more about the city of Joppa (Jaffa) and cleared the archaeologist of claims of misdeeds.
At the Bible and Interpretation, Paul V. M. Flesher describes what a synagogue of Jesus’ time looked like.
CITYsights takes viewers on a one-minute video tour of Solomon’s Quarries (Zedekiah’s Cave) in
Jerusalem. The audio track consists of music only and if you turn the volume off, you’ll enjoy it more.
The Jerusalem Post has more details of Jerusalem: IMAX 3D, slated for release in 2013.
The headline of this Arutz-7 story would lead you to believe that it is about Ein Gedi, but it is primarily about the synagogue at the site.
BibleX notes that the Biblical Archaeology Society has 17 free e-books (with login/registration).
A group in Jordan is threatening to sue Israel over its opening of a baptismal site on the Jordan River.
They claim that the Israeli site is located in Jordan.
A story about ancient graffiti in caves in Israel is accompanied by a six-minute video.
Wayne Stiles in the Jerusalem Post: “There’s much to see in the area of Tel Maresha and Beit Guvrin.
Remnants of pottery, war, industry, entertainment, and tombs—all gifts of archaeology.”
