by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Masada
Archaeology is difficult and tedious work. The crews must go through ancient sites with exquisite care and patience. This makes for slow going. There is an occasional burst of excitement when a beautiful object—a pot or coin or piece of jewelry—is found. There is even...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
We think we understand the Bible, but do we really? Take the first line of the first book; Genesis 1:1. The King James Version reads, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Simple enough? But the matter is not so simple, because the original Hebrew,...
by admin | May 4, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Metal, Popular
Two small silver amulets— blessings and magical phrases used to ward off bad luck and danger—were found in a burial cave in Jerusalem in 1979 during archaeological excavations at a place called /Ketef Hinnom/ (the shoulder of the Hinnom [valley], just on the hill...
