Archaeologists working at Tel Shimron have found a cache of rare cultic objects from a Middle Bronze monumental structure. The collection includes two bull statuettes.

The Temple Mount Sifting Project has conducted a quantitative analysis of pottery from the Iron Age IIB-C, finding that the characteristics are similar to that of the Ophel excavation.

After Christopher Rollston’s dismissal of interpretations of recently discovered inscriptions, Pieter Gert van der Veen pushes back.

Titus Kennedy summarizes archaeological and historical evidence for the Israelite exodus and settlement in Canaan.

Scott Stripling is on Digging for Truth discussing the location where Jesus cast the demons into the herd of pigs. He seems to be unaware of the data I presented in an article in the Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels.

The Jerusalem Post shares a story about the history of Jericho written with the help of AI. And here’s another one about King Tut’s tomb.

Online discussion on Nov 14: “Standing Firm on Mount Zion Amid Conflict,” with Oliver Hersey, Jon Kaplan, and Bernard Sabella. Registration is free, and the event will be recorded.

Aren Maeir’s new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on ancient Jerusalem will be online soon. A trailer has just been released.

Preserving Bible Times has released “The Real Birth of Jesus,” a session with Doug Greenwold “with added imagery that conveys the real cultural and historic context of this world-changing event.”

Walking The Text has launched a merch shop with a variety of outerwear and tees, with designs intended to promote conversations about God’s Word and its context. Brad Gray introduces the shop in a short video.

HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Arne Halbakken, Charles Savelle