Israel’s Tourism Ministry has approved construction of 4-mile-long cable car line connecting Upper Nazareth and the lower slopes of Mount Tabor.
Tomb raiders have vandalized the Judean desert fortress of Hyrcania.
Reader’s Digest suggests 10 sites (mostly eateries) to visit in Israel that you (probably) have never heard of before.
Leave it to Wayne Stiles to figure out a way to make good use of my photos of Horeshat Tal (and make an important application).
“All the stone inscriptions from ancient Athens in UK collections are to be presented in English translations for the first time, thanks to a new project undertaken by Cardiff University.”
The Times of Israel reports on Lawrence Mykytiuk’s study that confirms the historical existence of 53 individuals mentioned in the Old Testament.
Steven Notley will be lecturing on “Unearthing Bethsaida-Julias: Has the City of the Apostles been Found?” at Nyack College on September 28.
Aren Maeir has posted the schedule for the 11th annual conference on “New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and Its Region,” to be held Oct 18-20.
Charles E. Jones’s “Working Bibliography of Autobiographies” continues to grow.
Bible Story Map has released a new resource: Bible Story Places, a series of 12 posters of sites including Jericho, Valley of Elah, Mt. Sinai, and the Sea of Galilee.
