Biblical Archeology

The famous Lebanese cedar tree was widely used in the construction of ancient temples, palaces and seagoing vessels, i…

A version of “Mark and John: A Wedding at Cana—Whose and Where?”  originally appeared on Dr. James Tabor’s popular Tabo…

Print Engraving by Flemish artist Philips Gale (1537–1612). Built in 350 BCE, the Tomb of Mausolus (or the “Mausoleum”…

In one of the Old Testament’s colder and more brutal episodes, King Amaziah of Judah (c. 801–783 B.C.E.), after having …

Alexandre Cabanel , CC0,, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. The Nephilim, the product of the sons of god mingling…

The Ishtar Gate, housed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Courtesy Rictor Norton , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. …

Beginning in 776 B.C. as a simple foot race, the quadrennial Olympic Games grew—during a span of 1,200 years—into the m…