"The only new FACTS about the Bible and the Biblical world are coming from the ground."-William Dever

ARTIFAX is a quarterly newsletter published by the Institute for Biblical Archaeology, the Near East Archaeological Society, and SCRIBE MEDIA, containing a digest of information on the latest discoveries and developments in Biblical Archaeology and related subjects.

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Each issue of ARTIFAX contains a digest which reviews newspaper, magazine and wire service articles dealing with Biblical archaeology and religious news. ARTIFAX only reviews these articles and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Recent News Reports:

Ancient beehives in the "Land of milk and honey" || Name of Babylonian official from Jeremiah 39 found on clay tablet in British Museum || Herod's Tomb Discovery|| "Jesus Tomb" Dismissed as Fraud - archaeological satire ||Temple Mount Cistern||Ancient Egyptian Spell is Oldest Semitic Text||Paul's Tomb Identified in Rome|| Ramat Rachel Excavation|| "Armageddon Church" Update|| Kfar Kana Caves|| Jerusalem suburb|| City of David update|| Ancient Alphabet Discovery|| Goliath connected with Gath|| Oldest Church in Israel(?) dug--photos|| Oldest Church in Israel|| First Temple-era Seal Discovered||King David's Palace found? August 2005, Sept. 2005, plus photos ::::

Older Articles:
For more on BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW's James Ossuary controversy go here.
Canada's MacLean's magazine summarizes the skepticism over the ossuary.
More Articles: Durham Herald-Sun-2005||| Newsweek-2004||| The Washington Post-2003

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"Archaeology is the only field of science, in addition to that of experimenting on humans, that requires a license from the government...This is because archaeology must be done carefully and systematically, and can only be done once."
- Archaeologist Roni Reich, as reported in ARTIFAX, Winter 2000.

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