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Inside the Huqoq Synagogue
Season after season, archaeologists have uncovered stunning mosaics at Huqoq’s synagogue in Galilee. From Biblical scenes to the first historical episode ever found in a synagogue, the mosaics’ themes never cease to amaze and surprise. Join us on a tour of the Huqoq synagogue—with its vivid mosaics and much more!
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2019
Artistic Influences in Synagogue Mosaics: Putting the Huqoq Synagogue in Context
How do the mosaics from Huqoq’s synagogue compare to mosaics from other Late Roman synagogues in Galilee and throughout the Mediterranean world? Their similarities and differences reveal cultural and artistic trends from this period.
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2019
Finders of a Real Lost Ark
American archaeologists find remains of ancient synagogue ark in Galilee
When we returned to Nabratein in upper Galilee for our second excavation season in June 1981, we were unaware of a movie called “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” This may be difficult to believe, but it is true. Day by day we excavated in the clear...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1981
Digging the Talmud in Ancient Meiron
The Talmud is, after the Bible itself, Judaism’s most significant and revered collection of sacred writings. Although the Talmud was in fact written and compiled between the Second and Fifth centuries A.D., rabbinic tradition holds that...
Biblical Archaeology Review, June 1978
28 Years Later Couple Recalls Finding “Lost Ark”
It’s been 28 years since we finished our excavations at Nabratein and we’ve just published our final report, a hefty volume of 472 pages.1 Twenty-eight years may seem like a very long time; but for us, it seems like yesterday. We retain...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2010
Sussita Awaits the Spade
The largest archaeological site on the east bank of the Sea of Galilee was once a thriving city of the Decapolis
Most stories in BAR are about sites that have been excavated. In fact, I can’t recall a single story about a place that hadn’t been extensively excavated. This story—about Sussita/...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1990
Traveling Companion: A Guide to Guidebooks
When God said to Abraham lech lecha: “Get thee out of thy country … unto the land that I will show thee” (Genesis 12:1), the Lord acted as the first known guide. Abraham then “...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1985
Surprises at Yattir: Unexpected Evidence of Early Christianity
Archaeology is full of surprises. Sometimes we don’t find what we had expected to find. Or we find something we never expected to find. Either way, the experience is always exciting—and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2001
Was There a Seven-Branched Lampstand in Solomon’s Temple?
Did Solomon’s temple contain a seven-branched lampstand known as a menorah? Most people answer this question with an automatic “of course.” But the Biblical text is not so clear. The...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1979
The Finds That Could Not Be
Archaeologists are gradually recovering the remains of musical life from ancient Israel. More than three hundred remains of actual instruments and representations of musical scenes have been recorded. The dates of these items range from late...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1982
Inscribed “To God Jesus Christ”
Early Christian Prayer Hall Found in Megiddo Prison
In the late 1990s, authorities at the prison that sits near the base of Tel Megiddo in northern Israel decided they needed more room. Accordingly, an addition was planned within the prison compound and work commenced. It was not long, however...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2007
A Thousand Years of History in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter
A walking tour reveals Jerusalem flourishing, destroyed and splendidly rebuilt.
War—or rather two wars—made possible the current golden age of discovery in Jerusalem, at the City of David, at the Temple Mount and in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter. In 1948, during...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1992
ReViews: Ancient Christianity as Reflected in Its Churches
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2013
Glossary: Measuring Time Archaeologically
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1989
Books in Brief
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1986