A large storage jar manufactured in Israel around 500 BC has a paleo-Aramaic inscription carved around its shoulder.

Dieter Vieweger writes about discoveries made during the 2015 and 2023 excavations on Mount Zion. Of note is the lack of any Iron Age wall found on Mount Zion.

Three bronze shields and a bronze helmet dating to the 7th century BC were discovered at one of the most intact Urartian temples in Turkey.

Marek Dospěl has written a brief overview of the four surviving works of Josephus.

Brad Gray explains the centrality of the bathhouse in Roman society and how Paul often drew on that imagery in his epistles.

Zoom lecture on Oct 10: “King Solomon’s Mines Revisited – 10 Years of Excavations in the Timna Valley,” by Erez Ben-Yosef

Webinar on Nov 17: Joseph Lam, Jocelyn Burney, Hugo Mendez, John Miller, and Yaakov Ariel will discuss Jodi Magness’s book, Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades.

The oldest Hebrew book, dating to AD 700, will go on display at The Museum of the Bible later this month.

HT: Agade, Gordon Franz