Volume 8 of The Israel Museum Studies in Archaeology is available online. Several articles address a monumental Herodian Ionic capital from Jerusalem.
Detailed site plans and other materials from the Tell en-Nasbeh (Mizpah) excavations are now available online.
The exhibition “Nineveh – Heart of an Ancient Empire” has opened at the National Museum of Antiquities in the Netherlands.
The full lecture schedule for the Bible and Archaeology Fest XX has been posted.
Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey has attracted more than 50,000 tourists so far this year.
David Kennedy has identified nearly 400 mysterious ancient stone structures in Saudi Arabia using Google Earth.
“Is the Bible a True Story?” Nir Hasson wants you to think that there is “no evidence” for anything (Haaretz premium). Brent Nagtegaal responds here.
The September 2017 Newsletter of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is online.
William Dever’s latest book, Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah, will be released on Friday.
Apparently there is a “Land of the Bible Park” in the Ramot forest near Jerusalem.
JewishPress.com reports on the excavations at Magdala. And Richard Bauckham is editing a book on Magdala (forthcoming fall 2018).
“Is there no balm in Gilead?” Wayne Stiles tackles this one.
HT: Charles Savelle, Agade
