Links to Recent Biblical Archaeology News Reports Discussed on The Book & The Spade:

Church may mark Zechariah's Tomb || Church of Laodicea discovered|| Ancient tunnel open in Jerusalem (Haaretz)||Jerusalem Post || IAA video
The first joint U.S./Palestinian excavation - at Jericho || Recalibrating Megiddo || Storm reveals Roman statue
Archaeologist Ehud Netzer receives fatal injuries in fall at Herodium Dead Sea Scrolls available online || Goddess of Fortune found at Sussita || Herod's Theater Box at Herodium || Jaffa Gate excavation update Philistine Temple at Gath || Law Code Tablet at Hazor || Oldest Writing Found in Jerusalem + Analysis
Chariot linchpin || Bethsaida gold coin || Samaritan Ruins on Mt. Gerizim - Not opening soon || Jordan Valley, Cradle of Civilizations? ||Solomonic wall in Jerusalem
Pagan Altar found in hospital construction project || At Jaffa Gate: Archaeologists Find Main Jerusalem Street and Ancient Aqueduct || Jerusalem's Shrouded Burial and the Shroud of Turin || New reading for Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon + response || Jesus-era house in Nazareth || Hall of Ages in Jerusalem || First century Menorah ||James Ossuary trial update || Massive Canaanite Wall in Jerusalem + CNN video || Beautiful mosaic being restored - Footprints found underneath || Israel's Atlantis|| Seal of Saul||Another Temple Quarry Found in Jerusalem|| Sarcophagus of St. Paul and oldest known image of St. Paul || Jericho Cave/Quarry + video || Mosaic Museum at Good Samaritan Inn ||Menahem's Jug || 2,000-year old Papyrus Recovered|| Good Friday pilgrims going the wrong way || Vatican says Knights hid Shroud Fragment of ancient Hebrew inscription || "Gilgal" stone structures in Jordan Valley|| "Abraham's Gate" reopened at Dan || Decapolis water tunnel || 1,800-year old marble head|| Temple Tax coin found in rubble || New Evidence for Herod's Tomb || Ancient Hebrew text from the Valley of Elah || Possible seal of army commander found in Jerusalem || Water tunnel found in Jerusalem|| James Ossuary trial teetering -- More || Copper smelting ruins in Jordan link to Solomon || Sarcophagus "Son of High Priest" found || Jerusalem Wall Discovery ||Roman Temple at Sepphoris || Another seal naming Biblical figure|| Dead Sea Scroll on stone||Oldest Arched Gate in the World Restored || First Temple Era Seals Found near Temple Mount and in the City of David.||. Archaeologist revises read of ancient seal || Tablet is a Top Ten 2007 Discovery|| Nehemiah's Wall? || The seal of Jezebel? || 1st Temple Era Artifacts Found on Temple Mount || Temple Mount Quarry Found || Jerusalem escape tunnel|| 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: The Washington Post-2003

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