Ancient Pottery in the Computer Age

Trouble viewing this email? Click here to view in browser October 3, 2016 Feature Ancient Pottery in the Computer Age Expore the Levantine Ceramics Project Pottery makes human behavior visible. "From the earliest agricultural villages through the early modern era, people have used clay vessels for almost every sort of activity," writes archaeologist Andrea Berlin. In her Archaeological Views column in the September/October 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Berlin describes the Levantine Ceramics Project, an open-access, crowd-sourced public website devoted to ceramics produced anywhere in the Levant from the Neolithic era through the time of Ottoman rule. Read More » Solomon's Temple and Palace Solomon's Temple and royal palace from the Hebrew Bible have been a riddle for millennia, challenging many scholars to decipher enigmatic Biblical verses describing these magnificent structures. Authors Yosef Garfinkel and Madeleine Mumcuoglu believe they have solved this perplexing mystery, thanks to the discovery of a small stone Temple model at Khirbet Qeiyafa. Click Here to Order In Case You Missed It An Ancient Jewish Lamp Workshop Discoveries in the Galilee Excavations conducted in an ancient Jewish village near Nazareth in Israel uncovered the remains of an oil lamp workshop in operation during the late first–early second centuries C.E. The lamps were poorly made and composed of low-quality clay, suggesting, according to the excavators, that they had been manufactured by apprentices of the workshop. Read More » Step into the Biblical Past Dig into history by subscribing to the online BAS Library, comprising 7,000+ articles and many additional features, such as video lectures and the NEAEHL encyclopedia. Explore the world of Jesus and early Christianity, the Philistine city of Ashkelon, the fascinating Dead Sea Scrolls and more in this comprehensive online archive. Subscribe to the BAS Library In Case You Missed It Jerusalem's Oldest Inscription Alan Millard examines a text from the time of the United Monarchy During the 2012 excavations at the southern wall of the Temple Mount, archaeologist Eilat Mazar discovered an inscription with the earliest alphabet letters ever found in Jerusalem. The inscription—carved on a storage jar—is written in a Proto-Canaanite script and dates to the 11th or 10th century B.C.E. In BAR, paleographer Alan Millard explains how this early alphabetic text can illuminate the scope of literacy during the time of David and Solomon. Read More » 19th Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest The Biblical Archaeology Society is delighted to host its 19th annual Bible and Archaeology Fest program in the beautiful, vibrant city of San Antonio, Texas. Join us this fall as we convene with 21 leading scholars from around the world to hear their latest research into the field of Biblical archaeology and scholarship. Read More E6BO03 Unsubscribe Forward To A Friend You received this email as part of your free registration to Bible History Daily emails. Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address bas@biblicalarchaeology.org to your address book may whitelist us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive your own copy. Manage Account | Contact | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2016 Biblical Archaeology Society 4710 41st Street NW, Washington, DC 20016 Telephone: 202 364-3300