Archaeological Proof for Hilkiah the High Priest – A handful of ancient Hebrew inscriptions verify the existence of a biblical high priest. By Eleanor Clarke • July 9, 2019
It’s a Natural: Masada Ramp Was Not a Roman Engineering Miracle at BAS Library. “Another aspect of the Masada story that has to be carefully reexamined is the prevailing myth about the size of the Roman assault ramp.”
The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians
Two posts at BAS written by Dr. Douglas Boin on new archaeological and historical research in the study of early Christianity, drawn from his book Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire.
- The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians – Part One
- The Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians – Part Two
The Late Bronze Age Collapse
The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration, and the destruction of cities. The collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean (North Africa and Southeast Europe) and the Near East, in particular Egypt, eastern Libya, the Balkans, the Aegean, Anatolia, and, to a lesser degree, the Caucasus. It was sudden, violent, and culturally disruptive for many Bronze Age civilizations, and it brought a sharp economic decline to regional powers, notably ushering in the Greek Dark Ages. More at Wikipedia.
