Our Summer 2025 issue takes you on a trip around the world. Our first stop is southern Spain, where “From Tyre to Tarshish” explores the

Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, archaeologists and residents have begun to return to the ancient city of Palmyra.

In our Spring 2025 issue, which celebrates 50 years of bringing biblical archaeology to the public, we reflect on the BAR brand and what it

Archaeological illustrations are preferred in publications for their greater clarity and ability to reveal details lost in a photograph.

An international team of researchers traced the origins of domesticated sheep back to the ninth millennium BCE in the Cappadocian region of central Turkey.

Magic books existed in the Roman period and were of concern to authorities. Despite their efforts, however, portions of magic books survive from antiquity.

An international team of researchers traced the origins of domesticated sheep back to the ninth millennium BCE in the Cappadocian region of central Turkey.

The Negev Desert was a region of great importance in ancient Israel, Judah, and the Levant. It boasts a rich history related to agriculture, mining, and trade.

From carrying out sci-fi-esque excavations of Jerusalem to unlocking an ancient library destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius, we review this year's top news.

One name has escaped the attention of biblical pop culture even though his actions are arguably worse than many of his peers: Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

One of the most impressive finds within the Byzantine monastery is its marvelous mosaic floor, described as “one of the most unique ever found in Israel.”

Excavations have revealed more tombs and mastabas from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE) and New Kingdom (c. 1570–1069 BCE) periods.

After more than ten years of excavation, it is clear that Kurd Qaburstan was a major regional center during the Middle Bronze Age.

How did Egyptian statues end up in the Canaanite city of Hazor hundreds of years after they were produced?

With two overlapping Hanukkah stories from the Books of the Maccabees, we'll never know why Jews excluded them and Christians preserved them. The good news is that we have these books today, in the Ap...

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The limitations of medicine in the ancient world contributed to a lower average lifespan. What did ancient cultures do to combat disease and injury, and did these methods have any real basis in scienc...

While some might take issue with adding to the biblical canon, it is a practice that existed long before the books of the New Testament were written.

When curators at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art decided to move some ancient Assyrian reliefs to the newly renovated portion of their galleries, they simply wanted a better space to display these...

The historic marble slab was discovered in 1913 during railway excavations in present-day Israel.

A new proposal in the journal Tel Aviv suggests that a group of previously published carved ashlar blocks may point to Mahanaim being the site of an ancient Israelite palace.

The Cherry Tree Carol’s distinctive take on Joseph’s outspokenness at Mary’s pregnancy can be traced back to a unique feature of Syriac liturgy.

Were there ancient synagogues in Israel and in the diaspora while the Temple still stood in Jerusalem?

Genetic analysis of DNA from preserved bone fragments has quashed assumptions about the identity of Vesuvius victims in Pompeii.

From his capital, Hattusa, in central Anatolia, the last-known Hittite king ruled over a people who had once built a great empire.