Ruth Schuster has written a longer piece on Tel Burna (Libnah?), now that excavations have wrapped up. One point of focus is the 10th century BC destruction, believed to have been carried out by Shishak.
The Tel Burna team is headed to Khirbet Ether for excavations next summer.
“A replica of the Ark of the Covenant, painstakingly constructed, its creators say, to the Torah specifications of the sacred vessel that was the First Temple’s central fixture, was displayed in Jerusalem on Sunday evening.” The replica has already visited Jericho, Shiloh, and Mar-a-Lago.
JNS has a summary of sites excavated and artifacts discovered so far in 2024.
Abigail Van Huss explains the archaeological evidence found in the Mount Ebal Dump Salvage expedition on the latest episode of Digging for Truth.
The latest video in John DeLancey’s “Israel on Location” series features ibex at Sede Boqer.
Free this month on Logos: Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, by Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey
New release: Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions, volume 1 and volume 2 (The American Center of Research, $133 and $141; both are open-access pdf)
Hybrid lecture on Oct 28: “The Relationship between Animals and Plants in the Ancient Near East – Effects on Farming, Inequality, and Empire,” by Shyama Vermeersch. For online attendance, register here.
Zoom lecture on Nov 11: “Ritual Baths (Mikvehs) in Synagogues: Between Law (Halakhah) and Piousness,” by Eyal Baruch
John Worrell, at one time a director of excavations at Tel el-Hesi, died last week.
The well-known Egyptologist Donald B. Redford died last week.
HT: Agade, Wayne Stiles, Gordon Franz, Chris Flanagan
