Posted in discoveries, news on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is a link to a short video interview with Daniel Wallace about New Testament manuscript discoveries in Albania. For more information, visit the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Since my Galilee Boat post from last August is one of the more popular posts people come across through web search or other, I thought I would pass along this information I found when browsing a book I purchased in Bethlehem a couple years ago by Miriam Vamosh, Daily Life at the Time of Jesus. [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries, inscriptions, news on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
This has been in the news for a few weeks now — an amulet containing the Shema, from Deuteronomy 6:4, was discovered in Austria. It dates from about the third century of our era. “This amulet shows that people of Jewish faith lived in what is today Austria since the Roman Empire.” [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Through Jim Davila I read an article on the “Jesus Boat,” believed to be 2,000 years old. Just a short note — the picture of the wooden boat at Bible Places may give the impression that this is the boat. The Yigal Allon Centre Museum right next to the Sea of Galilee houses [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 16, 2007 | No Comments »
In the news, an intact Etruscan tomb has been found. Some of the reports can be found here, here (repeated from first link), and here. I’m sure more news will follow as the details unfold. Here is a quick excerpt from the first article:
The tomb, in the Tuscan town of Civitella Paganico, [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Reports in English are now emerging concerning the recent discovery of the colossal statue of Hadrian. Here are some quick excerpts:
BBC News:
The pieces of this giant monument to Hadrian were found about 5m below ground, among the buried ruins of a bath house on the site Sagalassos, an ancient mountaintop town in southern Turkey.
The [...]
Posted in archaeology, discoveries on August 5, 2007 | No Comments »
No, not his actual head… but a statue bust of his. The discovery comes from Sagalassos in Turkey. David at rogueclassicism mentions that it’s “an obviously colossal head of Hadrian at the excavations of the Roman baths at Sagalassos.” No official reports in English yet. HT to Iconoclasm for the [...]
Posted in Greek, archaeology, discoveries, inscriptions on July 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In my previous post I mentioned the discovery of various archaeological finds in Bulgaria this past weekend. The ring itself has a clear inscription in Greek. It may have been used as an official stamp, since, from what I can read, the letters are depicted in reverse. The inscription reads: ΤΗΡΗΤΟΣ [...]
Posted in Greek, archaeology, discoveries on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yahoo news reports that an ancient mask of Thrace, among other finds, has been discovered over the weekend. The finds come from Bulgaria. Here’s the scoop:
SOFIA, Bulgaria - A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
The mask, discovered over [...]
