The excavation season at Magdala has concluded, and the wrap-up describes the major findings, including a fourth mikveh that was fed by spring water.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project has just released a video about their work, its importance, and the need to keep it going.
Leen Ritmeyer offers his thoughts and diagrams on the recent discovery of the stepped podium in the City of David.
The cross-border environmental organization EcoPeace has opened two hiking tours, a bike route, and a walking path in Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. The two hiking tours each take eight days.
Arutz-7 reports briefly on the Studies of Ancient Jerusalem’s 16th Annual Conference in the City of David.
A study of 15 Roman-era Egyptian mummy portraits and panel paintings reveals that the artists used Egyptian blue, contrary to what has been long believed.
British conservation specialists have restored some Hellenistic-era paintings from Petra.
‘Atiqot 82 is now online.
Attempts by ISIS to blow up the Temple of Bel at Palmyra have apparently failed.
The Codex Sinaiticus will leave the walls of the British Library for only the second time since 1933, this time headed down the street for display in an Egyptian exhibit at the British Museum.
The Philistines introduced new plants to the coastal plain when they migrated from the Aegean.
HT: Ted Weis, Joseph Lauer, Agade
One thought on “Weekend Roundup”
One thought: Photography is not allowed at the British Library, but it is at the British Museum. I wonder if you will be able to photograph the Codex while on display?