On December 12, 1941, nearly 800 Romanian Jews boarded a 46-metre boat called the “Struma”. They set sail across the Black Sea from Constanta, Romania, en route for the ancient… Continue reading "David Stoliar, Lone Survivor of “Jewish Titanic”, Dies at 91"
Landed in Israel. Just before candle lighting, I learned that this blog won a “Platinum” Hermes Creative Award in the Blog category for the design and content. It’s nice to… Continue reading "Our Blog Won!"
It’s amazing how collective amnesia works. In 1980, a tomb was found in Talpiot, a suburb of Jerusalem. In the tomb, there was a cluster of names, inscribed on ossuaries/bone… Continue reading "Once Again: Dramatic Support for Jesus Tomb!"
The OPC Awards were a wonderful event. It was a real honour to receive the Edward R. Murrow Award for the second time with my colleagues Ric Bienstock and Felix… Continue reading "Report From Charlotte, North Carolina"
I’m in New York. In a couple of hours, Ric Bienstock, Felix Golubev and I will be attending a gala dinner sponsored by the American Overseas Press Club. We were… Continue reading "We Won the Edward R. Murrow Award!"
A controversial, unique artifact referring to Jesus’ “wife” has just been authenticated. The story began at the International Coptic Congress in Rome, September 18, 2012. At the congress, Prof. Karen… Continue reading "The Verdict is in: Jesus Wife Papyrus Authentic!"
As Passover draws near, there’s a dramatic scholarly breakthrough linking archeology to the Biblical Exodus. There’s now a new translation of an ancient Egyptian monument known as a “Stela” that… Continue reading "Proof for the Biblical Exodus!"
For the English article, click here. פרופסור יובל גורן ידוע בקרב קוראי הבלוג שלי בתור התומך בשימוש בדחפורים בחפירות ארכאולוגיות. לראייתו, גורן טוען שמומחים כדוגמתו יכולים לנהל חפירה ארכאולוגית בעזרת… Continue reading "פרופסור יובל גורן: ביקורת ממקור בלתי צפוי"
We deal with a lot of archeology on my blog. As most of you know, archeology is mostly attested to by ancient pieces of ceramics. But today I’m not writing… Continue reading "Sort of Archeology: My Wife is Having a Ceramic Exhibit!"
I’ve been contending with a number of colleagues against the present mind-numbing environment in Biblical archeology, where a group of pseudo-scholars have managed to bully many, many creative thinkers into… Continue reading "Let Freedom Reign!"