Excavations began this year at Lystra, the hometown of Timothy and place where Paul was stoned and left for dead. They have already uncovered a third of a Byzantine church.
“An alabaster seal, believed to be from the Assyrian Empire and belonging to a nobleman, was discovered in the ancient Kef Fortress built by the Urartians.”
Archaeologists excavating under a Hellenistic theater in southwestern Turkey have discovered a sewage system large enough to walk in.
The Kestros Fountain at Perga in Turkey is operational after 1,800 years.
“A variety of reliefs, inscriptions, and grave stelae unearthed by archeologists help expand the understanding of gladiator history in the region of ancient Anatolia.”
The Luwian Studies Foundation wants to fill in a gap in the eastern Mediterranean around the year 1200 BC.
A 4-minute BBC video features an island off Turkey’s southern coast with underwater Roman cities, underwater Lycian tombs, and the oldest shipwreck in the world.
Over at BiblicalTurkey.org, Jason Borges describes his three-day visit to the historical sites of Cyprus.
Archaeological discoveries made during the construction of a subway line in Thessaloniki have been put on display at many of the subway stations.
Three books that caught my eye in the exhibit halls at ETS and SBL are:
- The Topography of Ancient Jerusalem. 2nd Century BC – 2nd Century AD: Essays on the Urban Planning Record, Defences and Gates, by D. M. Cabaret (Peeters, 2022, $120)
- The Realia Jesus: An Archaeological Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, by David Fiensy (Wipf and Stock, 2024, $10-$57)
- The Odyssey of Marcus Panthera: A Journey to the Land of Israel in the First Century, by Makram Mesherky (Gesher, 2024, $20)
HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Arne Halbakken, Ted Weis, Cenk Eronat, Explorator
