“Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed.”
Marek Dospěl provides a quick primer of the ancient Egyptian language.
Bible History Daily explains why Egeria’s Travels is such a valuable “source of geographical and historical information.”
Ruth Schuster explores the history of the pomegranate.
The Yale Babylonian Collection has a permanent exhibition space in the Yale Peabody Museum for the first time.
A virtual one-hour tour of Pompeii is being offered on May 23.
Titus Kennedy is a guest on Digging for Truth to discuss archaeological sites in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Persia.
Free this month from Logos: Warfare in the Old Testament: The Organization, Weapons, and Tactics of Ancient Near Eastern Armies, by Boyd Seevers
Bible Mapper Atlas has just produced a poster map of Paul’s travels.
HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Ted Weis, Arne Halbakken, Joseph Lauer
