Near East

photo of etching into wall

Vol. 5 / No. 1

By: James B. Pritchard

Civil Defense at Gibeon: "Gibeon was a great city...and all its men were mighty" - Joshua 10:2

Defense was the most important single consideration in the planning and building of a city in Biblical Palestine, a land […]

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Vol. 5 / No. 1

By: Kathleen M. Kenyon

Biblical Jerusalem

Preface No one will question the statement that the center of Biblical archaeology is Jerusalem. Nearly a hundred years ago, […]

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Photos of pottery

Vol. 5 / No. 1

By: William F. Albright

Recent Advances in Palestinian Archaeology

Palestine was always a very poor country, but at the same time it was a land bridge between continents. As […]

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Vol. 4 / No. 4

By: Maurits N. van Loon

A Lion Bowl From Hasanlu

From June to September, 1960, Robert H. Dyson, Jr. led the fifth campaign of excavations at Hasanlu, south of Lake […]

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Photo of people eating on a beach

Vol. 4 / No. 2

By: George F. Dales, Jr.

A Search for Ancient Seaports

The three oldest civilizations of the old world were centered along the great river valleys of the Near and Middle […]

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image of handle

Vol. 3 / No. 4

By: James B. Pritchard

The Bible Reports on Gibeon

A new dimension was added to the archaeological remains at el-Jib by the discovery in 1956 of a handle from […]

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Vol. 3 / No. 3

By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.

An Iranian Gold Piece

Herodotus tells us that when the Persian fleet was wrecked off Magnesia in Thessaly in 492 B.C. on its way […]

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Vol. 3 / No. 2

By: Frances W. James

Beth Shan

The Biblical Book of Samuel tells us that the bodies of Saul and his sons were exposed by the Philistines […]

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People laying brickwork.

Vol. 2 / No. 3

By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.

The Death of a City

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the […]

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Photo of men standing by cellar holes.

Vol. 2 / No. 1

By: James B. Pritchard

The Wine Industry at Gibeon: 1959 Discoveries

In a Near Eastern country such as Jordan an archaeologist learns quickly that it is usually best to discount, if […]

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