“The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Monday announced the discovery of 33 archaeological tombs, dating back to the . . . the Greek and Roman eras near the Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan governorate.”
Mohy-Eldin E. Abo-Eleaz writes about foreign visitors to Egypt depicted in tombs in the reign of Thutmose III.
The Smithsonian Magazine has a feature article on the discoveries at Berenike on the shore of the Red Sea.
A new study shows that ancient Egyptian scribes suffered occupational bone damage.
The new study of radiocarbon dates from Jerusalem is the subject of the latest episode of This Week in the Ancient Near East.
Jodi Magness is on the Great Books podcast, produced by National Review, to discuss the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The latest issue of the Israel Exploration Journal includes articles on the Millo in Jerusalem, unique figurines from Judah, and forgotten papyri of the Judean desert. You can see the full table of contents here.
The May issue of BASOR has been released. The table of contents is online, but most of the articles require subscription.
New release: Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies, volume 35, The Hillel Geva Volume (Israel Exploration Society, 775 pages, ₪400). The IES website has posted the table of contents, but the Hebrew articles are listed in Hebrew and I haven’t found an online listing in English (but here’s a text file). A few of the Hebrew articles I searched for were previously published in English. Geva’s contribution has been immense, and he is rightly honored by a whole host of scholars.
The Bible in Its Traditions is a website created by the École Biblique et Archéologique in Jerusalem that intends “to create the most extensive and helpful set of notes for the entire Bible” with “significant differences between different versions of the text of the Bible in the text itself, rather than in footnotes.”
Pool of Siloam, taken on June 23, 2024 by John Black
There will be no roundups in the month of July.
HT: Agade, Arne Halbakken, Keith Keyser, Ted Weis, Gordon Franz
