Leen Ritmeyer has photos and interpretation of the latest illegal excavations on the Temple Mount.
Ritmeyer suspects the revealed wall line may be the northern boundary of the 500-meter square pre-Herodian Temple Mount.
New excavations began at Tel Hebron this week.
Gershon Galil has translated the earliest Jerusalem alphabetic inscription be a reference to “wine part.”
Some rare fabrics dyed with extract from the murex shell have been discovered. The three colors found “represent the most prestigious colors in antiquity: indigo, purple and crimson.”
A couple of Top Discoveries of 2013 have been posted: Gordon Govier (Christianity Today) and
Noah Wiener (Biblical Archaeology Society).
In 2012, from time to time I surveyed excavation reports published by the Israel Antiquities Authority. I did not have time for that in 2013, but you can peruse the list here.
Scholars are using Google Earth to trace ancient trade routes around Antioch of Syria.
Currently on exhibition at the Israel Museum: Mapping the Holy Land II: Cartographic Treasures from the Trevor and Susan Chinn Collection.
Logos Bible Software has a pre-publication sale on Biblical Archaeologist/Near Eastern Archaeology 1992–2011 ($140).
Timothy Valentino has written an outstanding eulogy for Professor David A. Dorsey.
HT: Joseph Lauer, Jack Sasson, Charles Savelle
