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!"
Recently we’ve seen dark clouds of Jew hatred gathering in the horizon. The Jew haters work in 3 stages: first, change the past; second, demonize and marginalize in the present;… Continue reading "Archeology Against Holocaust Denial!"
I’ve been attempting to decipher the El Arish “naos” i.e., shrine. This is the third entry. The “naos” is a granite stone weighing two tons that once stood in the… Continue reading "Decoding the El Arish Stone – blog entry 3"
Almost forgotten, in the tiny museum of Isma’ilya, some 125 km northeast of Cairo, is an artifact – a great piece of granite called the “El Arish” stone – that… Continue reading "Decoding the El Arish Stone – blog entry 2"
Last month, one of the giants of guitar, Paco de Lucia, passed away tragically. His untimely death was the result of a heart attack at age 66 while playing with… Continue reading "The Passing of Paco de Lucia, Flamenco… and the Expulsion of the Jews"
לאחרונה, עבודת הבילוש שלי על ההיסטוריה התמקדה על יוסף המקראי – ההוא של כותונת הפסים המפורסמת. לא מזמן, כתבתי בלוג המחבר בין גילוי פרגמנטים של פסל אנדרטה במצרים עם יוסף.… Continue reading "!הטבעת המקראית של יוסף – נמצאה"
A new Romanian film is making the festival circuit. It’s called “Closer to the Moon”. It stars big Hollywood names such as Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga and BAFTA nominee, Mark… Continue reading "The Greatest Bank Heist in Communist History"
“Tales From the Organ Trade”, produced by Ric Esther Bienstock, Felix Golubev and me – brilliantly directed by Ric Esther Bienstock – continues to bring in the awards. We just… Continue reading "We Won! We Won!"
Professor Yuval Goren is known to readers of my blog for promoting “bulldozer archaeology” i.e., the idea that experts such as himself can excavate with a bulldozer or backhoe without… Continue reading "Professor Yuval Goren: Criticism From An Unexpected Quarter"
Almost forgotten, in the tiny museum of Isma’ilya, some 125 km northeast of Cairo, is an artifact that corroborates the Biblical Exodus and provides us with the inside story from… Continue reading "Decoding the El Arish Stone – blog entry 1"