BibleDudes Blog

The pyramid of King Menkauhor was rediscovered at Saqqara.

“Real” archaeologists think that Indiana Jones’ technique is as abrasive as a bull in a china shop. Ya think? What was your first clue?

Donkeys might have been domesticated way back in ancient Egypt, really ancient, like 3,000 BCE according to Fionna Marshall. This seems to be based on the discovery of 10 donkey skeletons found near an Egyptian king’s tomb.

Kevin Peraino and Joanna Chen published an interesting article in Newsweek called “Archaeology vs. Ideology: In Jerusalem, digging into the past only fuels the fight over the future. Link. To quote the article, “Among God’s real-estate agents, it seems, there is no monopoly on self-righteousness.” Hee-Hawwwww!

Darlings, Marjo Korpel has argued that a previously excavated seal is in fact the seal of Ahab’s wife, the infamous Jezebel. However, Christopher Rollston argues that it ain’t.

They Might Be Giants has this AWESOME video about four Mesopotamians and their band here.

Eric Cline has this excellent article in the September 30th Boston Globe. Check out the opening sentences, darlings:
NOAH’S ARK. The Ark of the Covenant. The Garden of Eden. Sodom and Gomorrah. The Exodus. The Lost Tomb of Jesus. All have been “found” in the last 10 years, including one within the past six months. The [...]

Recently a 2000 year old escape hatch into a drainage system was discovered in Jerusalem.

Some ancient beehives were found at Rehov near an altar. See this AP article by Matti Friedman.

The mayor of Jerusalem has asked an ambassador to Turkey for the return of the Siloam inscription, the famous writing that once marked Hezekiah’s tunnel in Jerusalem. Read more here in Ha’Aretz.