Other articles
This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects, which may or may not have appeared in our magazines in the past.
| The Centurion's Servant Building a synagogue was just small change to a primus pilus in the Roman army. | The Real Siloam will Open The Read[TM] pool of Siloam will open to visitors in the next couple of years. | |
| The Looted Coin Was the finder of this coin really looking for quartz on an archaeological site? | Professor Ada Yardeni A distinguished lady whose work lives on after her in the form of a tiny new discovery. | |
| The Real Bethsaida? Are two competing sites merely suburbs of the same city or does an ancient church prove otherwise? | The Ancient Curse A curse tablet from Shechem pushes the earliest Hebrew writing back to 1400 BC. | |
| The Tomb of Christ The location of Jesus' tomb has long divided historians and archaeologists. Fortunately, I have the answer. | Standard Bits Researchers found that bits of broken bronze and silver conformed to a surprising standard - the first Europe-wide currency! | |
| The Earliest Alphabet? A potsherd from Lachish appears strikingly similar to doodlings by slave miners with too much time on their hands. | The Mysterious Darius Josephus says that Darius the Mede had another name among the Greeks - but was that name Cyaxares? | |
| Genuine After All? When Moses Shapira committed suicide in Holland he left behind a mystery that still intrigues scholars today. | Truth, Lies and Hungry Rock It may be a pious fraud, but it offers confirmation for a familiar story in the Bible. | |
| The Brewery at Abydos Did you really need 2,800 gallons of beer for "ritual purposes"? | Who was Esther? A Jew named after the god Marduk gave his niece the name of a goddess, Ishtar. The result bewitched a Persian king. | |
| The Baboons of Punt Ancient teeth may solve the mystery of Punt's location - but no surprises are found. | Via Dolorosa A virtual walk from Gethsemane to Calvary at a time when we are all locked down at home. | |
| Palm Sunday A virtual walk along what may be the very footsteps of Jesus! | Dead Party Girls Ancient Egyptians knew the recipe for a successful party - naked girls and perfumed head cones! | |
| The Mysterious Bent Pyramid The pyramid with a kink, where unexplained winds gust fiercely - and which never held a burial! | Counting the Dead When Egyptians could cheat when counting severed hands, Rameses III counted something else entirely! | |
| Long Range or Short? Did Neolithic people really use slings to settle their quarrels in the confined spaces of their homes? | Where, How and When We know where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, we know when, but it took a Greek historian to reveal how! | |
| The Incredible Iron Roads When the paving wore thin, were the streets of Pompeii paved with iron instead of gold? | Balak or David? Which Biblical king is mentioned on the Moabite Stone - the well-known David or the almost unknown Balak? | |
| Rotten Beams and Water Walls When ancient wooden beams give way, there's nothing better than a plastic bag full of water! | The Eunuch's Bulla A little lump of mud, worth nothing when new, is now priceless, thanks to a seal impresion | |
| An Egyptian Paedophile? Did Mereruke show an unhealthy interest in children - and why was one girl clothed? | Ramp Reveals Secrets The mystery of how the pyramids were built may have been laid to rest in an alabaster quarry. | |
| The Damaged Heel A criminal in northern Italy is causing excitement in the world of archaeology. | The Spots on the Dice Is the modern arrangement of spots on a dice really the fairest? | |
| The Date's Correct ... Did Queen Helena really build the Holy Sepulchre? Ancient light has the answer | Abraham's Surrogacy Even with a strict legal framework, Abraham's attempt at surrogacy ended up splitting his family. | |
| Is Bethsaida Julias? New excavations at Bethsaida may reveal Herod Philip's favourite city. | Shiloh Re-excavated New excavations at Shiloh hope to uncover evidence for the Jewish tabernacle. | |
| The Perfect Storm When the Bura blows, wise sailors take shelter - if they can. If they can't, disaster awaits. | Crude Graffiti The crude graffiti of Serabit el-Khadim may have inspired Moses as he wandered with his sheep. | |
| David v. Goliath? Were the Greeks at Salamis fighting against overwhelming odds? | Lachish Conveniences You can build a toilet but you can't force people to use it - as Hezekiah found out! | |
| The Puzzle of Thermopylae Exactly how did 300 Spartans fill a gap a third of a mile wide and keep the Persian hosts at bay? | Atoms and Scythes Smooth, round atoms and sharp-bladed chariot accessories may seem unlikely companions, but there is a connection! | |
| Dirty Romans! Did Roman baths improve European hygiene or did they make things worse? | A New High Place Christopher Tuttle's instinct proved right when he flew a drone over an ancient site. | |
| Skara Brae - a Neolithic Village For primitive people, Skara Brae reveals surprising sophistication. | The Golden Ass and the Shroud Lucius' curiosity about the occult in Thessaly may reveal a fact or two about the Holy Shroud of Turin. | |
| Moses - the Tragedy Before Hollywood got at it, an ancient Greek playwright turned the Exodus into a play. | A Resigning Matter! When even the dead are taking pot-shots at your efforts, maybe it's time to give up! |
