by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
Part I – Who Was Isaiah? Twenty-two copies of the Book of Isaiah were found in the collection we know as the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in caves near Qumran, on the northern shores of the Dead Sea, in 1947 and afterwards. One of the copies (catalogued as...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Masada, Pottery
Ten pieces of pottery, each bearing the name of a person, were found in the ruins of Masada. These pieces were believed (by Prof. Yigael Yadin, who excavated the site in the early 1960’s) to be the lots cast by the last defenders of the place. These pieces, soon to be...
by admin | May 7, 2018 | Browse All, Ceramics, Inscriptions, Masada, Popular, Pottery
The emperor Nero sent three legions—the Fifth, Tenth, and Fifteenth—under the command of General Vespasian to Judea in the spring of 67 CE. By the end of that year, Vespasian has reduced the Galilee and the Golan. He returned the following spring and campaigned in...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Monumental Inscriptions, Stone
Biblical inscriptions are rare indeed. Complete texts are almost non-existent. We are not surprised to find that the House of David inscription, pieces of which were found in excavations of the Biblical city of Dan in the 1990′s by Prof. Avraham Biran, of the Hebrew...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Masada
Finding Bible Texts Stored in the Synagogue Every archaeologist wants to find written materials but not all of them succeed. Professor Yigael Yadin, leading his crew excavating the ruins of Herod’s fortress of Masada in the early 1960′s, was one of the lucky ones who...
