biblical archaeology
Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry
By Ilan Ben Zion — August 17, 2023
TEL MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — The proposed loan to the Museum of the Bible in Washington underscores the deepening ties between Israel and evangelical Christians in the U.S, whom Israel has come to count on for political support, tourism dollars and other benefits.
The ‘problem’ of where ancient Jerusalem was built gets thornier
By David I. Klein — July 6, 2023
(RNS) — A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the ‘City of David’ was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem.
The scientific meltdown over a controversial discovery of ‘biblical Sodom’
By Jerry Pattengale — April 20, 2022
(RNS) — The remains of a city’s fiery demise near the Dead Sea have archaeologists at odds.
In time for Hanukkah, archaeologists reveal battle-scarred stronghold against Maccabees
By Michele Chabin — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The stories of the Maccabees are coming to life before our eyes,’ said one member of the group that excavated the site.
Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold fragments illicitly
By Yonat Shimron — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — As many as 17 Bible fragments were bought from a world-renowned Oxford University professor who researched the items for the British-based Egypt Exploration Society and secretly sold them to Hobby Lobby.
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovery — still riveting after 70 years
By Lauren Markoe — October 5, 2017
(RNS) — 'Biblical Manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC, are for sale,' read a small ad in The Wall Street Journal, seven years after the discovery of the scrolls.
Is this unearthed fishing village the birthplace of three of Jesus’ apostles?
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 7, 2017
(RNS) — For decades archaeologists have searched for the fishing village where apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip lived.
Secret orders and supposed traitors — TV’s ‘Dig’ and religious history
By Kimberly Winston — April 16, 2015
(RNS) In the show's seventh episode, evil archaeologist Ian Margove (Richard E. Grant) is after the “treasure” the Order of Moriah is supposed to have buried somewhere in Jerusalem.
‘Dig’ TV series starts adding up: Watch the numbers
By Kimberly Winston — March 19, 2015
(RNS) USA Network's action-thriller series is tossing biblical numerology and a difficult biblical text into its plot. What's real and what's fiction?
‘Dig’ uncovers an ancient Jewish sect and some scary nuns
By Kimberly Winston — March 12, 2015
(RNS) Biblical breastplates, menacing nuns and an apocalyptic Jewish sect. What is behind all that religious jazz in the second episode of “Dig," which aired Thursday (March 12) on the USA Network?
5 reasons why we want to believe Jesus was married
By David Gibson — November 19, 2014
(RNS) A new claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married (and had kids!) has been widely dismissed by experts. But that won't be the last we'll hear of this theory. Here's why.
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