by admin | May 7, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions, Media
Israel on Tuesday announced an ambitious new project aimed at finally piecing together some of the thousands of fragments of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls that have mystified experts since their discovery in the 1940s and 1950s. The $1.75 million project aims to...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions
Eighteen lines of text make up the first amulet, and twelve lines form the second. Most of the lines in both amulets are broken and incomplete. The first lines of each document are affirmations that the Lord protects and helps those who keep His commandments and...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
The Hebrew word /mezuzah/ (מזוזה) means doorpost, that part of the door frame that holds up the lintel. The reference is clearly to the twice-repeated commandment in the book of Deuteronomy to write the words of God “on the doorposts of your house and upon your...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Monumental Inscriptions, Stone
Finding writing at all is unusual in Biblical archaeology. Finding a piece of such enormous historical importance as “The House of David” inscription was truly an earth-shaking discovery. But it was not the only piece of writing found at the city of Dan. A piece of...
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...
