The Biblical Archaeology Society is offering a free 70-page e-book entitled “Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete.” The pdf file includes five articles and one book review, all previously published in Archaeology Odyssey or Biblical Archaeology Review. You can get the e-book here by signing up for their newsletter.
The first one has passed, but Wheaton College has many more in their fall lecture series entitled, “From Migdol to Aswan: Geoarchaeology in Egypt and Sinai.” I don’t see it stated explicitly on the website, but in previous years the lectures were open to the public, free of charge. For locations and other information, see their website.
Monday, October 6, 7:00 PM
The Application of Satellite Imagery to Archaeological Research
Sarah Parcak, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Mining Operations in Sinai in Pharaonic Times Greg Mumford, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Monday, November 3, 7:00 PM
“Moses Slept Here:” A Critical Review of Popular Exodus Theories James K. Hoffmeier, Trinity International University
Stephen O. Moshier, Wheaton College
Monday, November 10, 7:00 PM
Some Applications of Geologic Science in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology James A. Harrell, University of Toledo
Monday, November 17, 7:00 PM
New Insights into the Geography of the Exodus: Reports from Excavations in the Eastern Delta and Northwest Sinai James K. Hoffmeier, Trinity International University
Stephen O. Moshier, Wheaton College
Monday, December 1, 7:00 PM
Paleolithic Occupation of the Sinai Jim Phillips, Field Museum of Natural History
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Since most people don’t read comments on blogs, especially on posts from a year and a half ago, I’ll note one made today by Sigho concerning Herod’s tomb at Herodium.
Thanks for your information. I was preveledged to be able to enter the site of Herod’s Tomb Yesterday (Sept. 21, 2008). The site is open for public from a distance. But we (3 people) were granted by on site-archaeologists to enter the site. It is still being excavated. Unfortunately, pictures I took yesterday cannot be publicized. Just wait for the official publication by the archaeologists.
I did not realize that work was on-going here. The restriction on taking photos may indicate that they’re doing more than sweeping dirt.
Herod’s tomb, May 2008
UPDATE (9/23): Ferrell Jenkins has given me permission to post a photo he took of construction work going on at the tomb last month.
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Here’s a strange one: An archaeologist in Alexandria, Egypt claims to have found a cup with a Greek inscription, “Dia Chrestou Ogoistais” (“through Christ the Magi”). What’s stranger is that he’s claiming that he found it in a stratified context dating to A.D. 50.
You can read the article (in Spanish) here. Some comments and nice photos are here. More comments are here.
HT: Gene Brooks
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I’m working on a lengthy (or two-part) post on Khirbet Qeiyafa, but in the meantime, the excavator of the site has given an update, summarized by G. M. Grena and posted on biblicalist:
Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, co-director of the excavation, has given me permission to share his team’s tentative publication schedule (quotes mark his exact words): 1) Their website "is under reorganization and shortly many photos of the site and the excavation will be available to the public." 2) They are still working on an official press release that should be ready "in a week or so." 3) They have already given the Israel Exploration Society "a preliminary text and 7 photos" for the "Notes and News section" of their journal, IEJ. 4) "A larger Hebrew article with 14 photos was given to a book conference to be published in 2 month[s]", but he wasn’t sure about the official name of the book yet. "The conference is a cooperation between the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University and the Jerusalem district of the IAA. It will present to the public the latest results of research and excavations carried out in the Jerusalem area in the last year." http://www.elahfortress.com/
http://qeiyafa.huji.ac.il/
http://israelexplorationsociety.huji.ac.il/iej.htm
http://archaeology.huji.ac.il/
In a later post, the location of some new photos of a pottery presentation is given.
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is running a Distinguished Lecture Series in conjunction with its exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The list includes:
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Controversies and Theories of Early Judaism and Christianity
Eric Meyers
Wednesday, October 1
Women in the Dead Sea Scrolls and at Qumran
Sidnie White Crawford
Thursday, October 16
The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Jodi Magness
Thursday, October 30
The Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls
Emanuel Tov
Thursday, November 20
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity
Bart Ehrman
Wednesday, December 10
For more information, see the details here. Tickets are $25. For the subject of the Dead Sea Scrolls,
you really cannot beat this line-up of speakers and topics.
HT: Joe Lauer
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