Tag Archives: excavations

Who Was St. Nicholas? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Posted: December 7, 2024

Was St. Nicholas jolly or holy? Mark Wilson  December 05, 2024 The legend of jolly old St. Nicholas evolved into Santa Claus in Christmas tradition, but who was St. Nicholas?… Read More

Who were the Hittites?, Robert Marineau

Posted: November 2, 2024

Robert Marineau untangles the knotty problems of identifying the Hittites mentioned in the Old Testament. I am a Hittitologist. Whenever people ask me if I study the Hittites of the Bible,… Read More

Armenia’s Oldest Church Discovered

Posted: October 22, 2024

Archaeologists uncover fourth-century church in Armenia’s ancient capital  Nathan Steinmeyer  October 21, 2024 A preliminary reconstruction shows the late antique church of Artaxata. Courtesy Armenian-German Artaxata Project. Excavators with the University of… Read More

Precursor to Paleo-Hebrew Script Discovered in Jerusalem

Posted: July 17, 2024

Alan Millard examines the Proto-Canaanite script of the earliest alphabetic text ever found in Jerusalem  Robin Ngo  July 14, 2024 During excavations at the Temple Mount, Eilat Mazar discovered a… Read More