by hadassah | Aug 3, 2016 | Exodus, Judges
Did The Philistines Destroy The Israelite Sanctuary at Shiloh? The Archaeological Evidence,” Biblical Archaeology Review, Jun 1975 The shoals in the sea of archaeology are treacherous indeed. Take the case of Marie-Louise Buhl. Ms. Buhl, a Keeper of the...
by hadassah | Mar 30, 2016 | Exodus
BARlines- Huge Tomb in Egypt May Hold Pharaoh’s Firstborn, Carol Arenberg, Biblical Archaeology Review (21:4), Jul/Aug 1995 Archaeologists have discovered a tomb they believe was the burial place of Ramesses II’s sons, in the Valley of the Kings, the necropolis...
by hadassah | Jan 22, 2009 | Exodus
Jar Handle, 13th century BCE A handle from a Late Bronze Age store jar (13th century BCE) containing three incised letters in Proto-Canaanite script, the earliest known alphabet. Found during the 1976 pilot season at Tell Halif. “How a Dig Begins,” BAR Jun...
by hadassah | Jan 20, 2009 | Exodus, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
The Nimrud Prism, 720 BCE The Re-population of Samaria”I repopulated Sameria more than before. I brought into it people from countries conquered by my hands. I appointed my eunuch as governor over them. And I counted them as Assyrians.” “The king of...
by hadassah | Jan 19, 2009 | Exodus, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
Hebrew University professor Yigal Shiloh uncovered a house in the City of David opposite the Kidron Valley. It is the most complete house excavated to date within the city. It is known as the House of Ahiel because it contained a pottery sherd with the name Ahiel...
by hadassah | Jan 19, 2009 | Exodus
The Lakhish Ewer, c. 1220 BCE The Lakhish (Lachish) ewer, discovered by James L. Starkey in a rubbish heap outside a temple at Lakhish. Dates to about 1220 BCE, the time when scholars believe the Israelites were first emerging in Canaan. Found in 1934....
