It’s the Mesopotamians: Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh
They Might Be Giants has this AWESOME video about four Mesopotamians and their band here.
Raiders of the Faux Ark
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 discoverers: a former SWAT team member; an investigator of ghosts, telepathy, and parapsychology; a filmmaker who calls himself “The Naked Archeologist”; and others, none of whom has any professional training in archeology.
Stones For Herod’s Temple
Archaeologists seem to have found the quarry where the massive stones used in Herod’s Temple were cut.
Escaping the Romans 2000 Years Ago
Recently a 2000 year old escape hatch into a drainage system was discovered in Jerusalem.
Bees at Rehov
Some ancient beehives were found at Rehov near an altar. See this AP article by Matti Friedman.
Jeff’s Bible
This Onion piece is pretty funny. My favorite part is new Bible’s subplot where Moses’ enemy Egyptians turn out to be cyborgs.
Israel Asks Turkey for Siloam Inscription
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.
Bible Fight on Adult Swim
Check out Bible Fight! It’s pretty awesome darlings. Thanks to Mary O’bliged for the tip.
Herod’s Tomb Discovered?
A team of archaeologists led by Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University claims they have located the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium. Mazel Tov!
The Exodus and Egyptian Archaeology
Happy Passover darlings. Today in the NY Times there is an article about archaeology in the North Sinai and how it relates, or more accurately, does not relate, to the story of the Exodus.
