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Patrick McGovern explains how beer allows us to time travel. LINK

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are online. Awesome.

There’s been quite a bit of coverage regarding a wall uncovered by Eilat Mazar in Jerusalem that belongs to the first Temple period. There is currently a big debate on whether it’s 10th century, from the time of Solomon, or later.

Some researchers claim that King Tutankamen died from malaria. However, other scientists dispute the claims, arguing that the conclusions overstep the boundaries provided by the evidence.

French archaeologists have discovered a dugong sanctuary in the United Arab Emirates dating to ca. 3500 BCE.

A team led by Professor Adam Zertal might have found Gilgal.

Dude, check out the new blog from the American Schools of Oriental Research, basically it’s devoted to spreading info about Near Eastern archaeology and history.

Archaeologists have found a shaft tomb in Saqara Egypt that contains approximately two dozen mummies, most dating to the 26th dynasty.

Yosef Garfinkel’s team excavated a large shard with writing on it dated to ca. 1000 BCE. The ostracon reportedly contains the words “judge,” “slave,” and “king.” This is important for not only understanding the evolution of alphabetic writing, but also should shed light on the history of early Israel. This was a time that society [...]

A bulla, or seal impression, bearing the name of Gedalyahu ben Pashur was just found in Jerusalem. Gadalyahu was a minister of King Zedekiah, and is mentioned in Jeremiah 38:1-4.