What happens when a natural disaster threatens not only lives, but history itself? Following Storm Daniel in Libya, heritage professionals are documenting damage, stabilising sites, and protecting cultural heritage at risk. @asor-research.bsky.social #Archaeology

A “Diriyah Treasure” of Abbasid-era gold, silver, and gemstones has been uncovered in Saudi Arabia along a historic Hajj route near Mecca, revealing the sophistication of early Islamic-era craftsmanship and pilgrimage networks. #Archaeology

A major governance dispute is unfolding in Israeli archaeology, as scholars petition the High Court of Justice over leadership of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The case highlights tensions between academia, heritage policy, and contested antiquities legislation. #Archaeology

A remarkable discovery in Turkey has revealed one of the world’s oldest and best-preserved images of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Alongside uncovered churches, tombs, and inscriptions, the finds shed new light on Christianity’s earliest centuries. @the-independent.com #Archaeology

For more than 8,000 years, Byblos has stood at the crossroads of the Mediterranean. A major new exhibition explores the Lebanese city’s connections with Egypt, trade, kingship, and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet. #Archaeology

Were pigeons among humanity’s earliest semi-domesticated birds? New research from Late Bronze Age Cyprus suggests these familiar birds may have played symbolic and ritual roles alongside people thousands of years ago. @antiquity.ac.uk #Archaeology

Hidden beneath Sardinian soil for centuries, the Giants of Mont’e Prama are among archaeology’s most extraordinary discoveries: monumental stone warriors, archers, and boxers guarding an ancient necropolis. #Archaeology

How do archaeologists resolve long-standing debates about a site’s history? New research revisits the monumental Iron Age four-chambered gate at ʿEn Ḥaẓeva, placing it within its architectural and stratigraphic context. #Archaeology

One of the world’s oldest monumental structures is being restored with the same materials that built it 4,000 years ago. At Iraq’s Ziggurat of Ur, conservators are using traditional techniques to preserve a masterpiece of ancient Mesopotamian architecture. #Archaeology

New preservation efforts in Ethiopia’s ancient Aksumite capital are bringing together archaeologists, students, and local communities to protect one of Africa’s great historic landscapes. @archaeological.org

New evidence suggests humans lived in West Africa’s tropical rainforests 150,000 years ago, which is far earlier than once believed. Long before forests were imagined as mythic Edens, they were already home to human communities. @Nature.com #HumanEvolution

How did the ancient city of Jebel Barkal thrive beside a shifting Nile landscape for 2000 years? New research combines archaeology, climate history, and sediment science to reconstruct the environmental world of the Kushite empire in Sudan. @theconversation.com #Archaeology

An inscription deep inside the Siloam Tunnel may not have been written for the living at all. In a striking new interpretation, linguist Ariel Cohen argues the famous text was meant to comfort workers who died during the tunnel’s construction. @biblicalarchaeology.org #Archaeology buff.ly/U5lmqcL

The IAA's discovery of a 50-meter subterranean tunnel near Jerusalem foregrounds the epistemic limits of excavation itself, as archaeologists confront a hewn yet indeterminate structure that resists interpretations. #Jerusalem #Archaeology @antiquities_il

In Levenson’s reading of Rembrandt’s Genesis scenes, Rembrandt is framed as a visual exegete who, amid 17th c. Amsterdam’s Jewish presence, replaces typological rigidity with dense portrayals of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph’s sons as complex actors. @BibleInterp #Rembrandt #Genesis

Did you know the Book of Acts preserves direct encounters with Greek cults, naming Zeus, Hermes, Artemis, and even the Dioskouroi? In cities like Lystra and Ephesus, early Christianity met the living religious world of the gods head-on. #BookOfActs

Can video games function like sacred texts? A new course at UChicago uses games like "Journey" and "Halo" to explore ritual, sacrifice, and religious meaning in digital worlds.

Important progress at the Shamash Gate of ancient Nineveh: archaeologists from the Iraqi–Italian Nineveh Expedition are stabilizing and excavating the site after extensive ISIS-era damage, helping preserve one of Mesopotamia’s most historic landmarks. #Archaeology @unibo

New research on the Arad Ostraca reveals sophisticated numeracy and administrative planning in Iron Age Judah, including possible six-day supply cycles and hybrid Hebrew-Egyptian scribal practices. A fascinating glimpse into ancient logistics and literacy. #Archaeology

Important progress at the Shamash Gate of ancient Nineveh: archaeologists from the Iraqi–Italian Nineveh Expedition are stabilizing and excavating the site after extensive ISIS-era damage, helping preserve one of Mesopotamia’s most historic landmarks. #Archaeology @unibo

Archaeologists have uncovered the world’s earliest known use of vanilla: vanilla-infused oil dating to the 2nd millennium BCE, buried with Canaanite elites and tied to long-distance trade networks. #Archaeology @bib_arch

Remarkable breakthrough: researchers led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow have recovered 42 lost pages from a 6th-century New Testament manuscript using advanced imaging techniques. A stunning rediscovery of early Christian history. #Manuscripts @uofglasgow

Fascinating discovery: a 5,000-year-old inscription in Sinai may shed new light on the backdrop of the Exodus tradition. The carving links Egyptian power, copper mining, and divine authority in the region long before the biblical narrative emerged. #Archaeology

Sad news: archaeologist Dr. Oswaldo Arteaga, a key figure in Phoenician research in the Axarquía and at Los Toscanos, has passed away. His legacy shaped our understanding of the eastern Costa del Sol. #Archaeology

A new appointment to head Israel’s Antiquities Authority has sparked debate: a public administrator with no archaeology background will lead the country’s top heritage agency, raising questions about expertise, governance, and the future of excavation work in Israel.

In Yavneh, history collides all at once. Within a single walk, Philistines, Crusaders, Sanhedrin sages, and early Islamic history seem to stand side by side across 4,000 years of human memory. If you could spend one afternoon in any ancient city, where would you go? #Archaeology

Archaeologists near Jerusalem thought they’d uncovered a simple rock cavity until it opened into a mysterious 164-foot tunnel carved deep underground. Collapsed sections still hide parts of the passage, leaving researchers unsure who built it… or why. #Archaeology #AncientHistory

Two rare ancient coins have finally returned to Israel after an international antiquities trafficking investigation. #Archaeology #AncientHistory

2,000 years ago, a Christian named Abercius carved his life story onto his own tombstone in ancient Turkey. Today, that inscription is one of the most important windows into early Christianity ever discovered. #Archaeology #AncientHistory

An 8-year-old searching for “something cool” to show his class in Israel’s Negev Desert discovered part of a 1,700-year-old Roman-era figurine. What’s the most incredible thing you’ve ever found by accident? #Archaeology #AncientHistory www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...

Two massive Iron Age fortresses guarding the Arabah Valley may reveal how ancient Israel controlled one of the Near East’s richest trade routes. New radiocarbon dating suggests these strongholds were built in the 8th century BCE. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

At a site once thought linked to Sodom or Gomorrah, archaeologists uncovered something far stranger than a lost city: hundreds of identical-looking ceramic “cones” from the Copper Age… that aren’t identical at all. archaeology.org/issues/march...

A faded 3200-year-old inscription from Lachish may rewrite the history of the alphabet itself. Written in ink before Hebrew emerged, this tiny potsherd could push the standardisation of alphabetic writing back by a century. www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...

Most archaeologists don’t uncover treasure...they find dirt, pottery shards, and broken bones. Yet those ordinary finds are rewriting history. From ancient beer yeast to DNA in cremated Roman remains, tiny clues are revealing astonishing stories of the biblical world. #Archaeology

Biblical archaeology helped shape modern archaeology itself. Today, scholars debate whether separating archaeology from the Bible risks losing part of the story. Can artifacts ever be understood without the texts tied to them? #Archaeology

A rare coin discovered in the Judean Desert may once have been carried by a rebel fleeing Rome during the Great Revolt. The coin echoes the biblical census tax once tied to the Temple itself. #Archaeology #BiblicalHistory

A 5,000-year-old rock panel in the Sinai reveals an early moment of empire-building carved in stone. At Wadi Khamila, ancient Egyptian imagery shows conquest, resource control, and the extraction of copper under divine authority. #Archaeology #AncientHistory

Ancient sediments from 'Ubeidiya may push evidence of early humans in the Jordan Valley back nearly 2 million years. New dating methods are reshaping the story of humanity’s earliest journeys.

From AI to multispectral imaging, Israeli archaeologists are uncovering the past in ways once thought impossible. Ancient scrolls, buried cities, and forgotten lives are being brought back into focus through technology.

Long before silk roads and empires, camels carried people, goods, and ideas across the ancient Near East. New research traces how these desert travelers helped shape the biblical world itself. Which ancient trade route fascinates you most? #Archaeology #AncientHistory

In “Studies of Biblical Interest,” Yung Suk Kim reexamines Matthew’s “holy city.” Drawing on apocalyptic and Second Temple traditions, the article argues Matthew imagines a just alternative to Roman-aligned Jerusalem and a vision of communal hope amid empire. Read More at www.biblicaljournal.org

Scientists are using DNA hidden in ancient parchment to uncover clues about medieval life, trade, climate, and disease. 📜🧬 If you could read the hidden biological history of ONE ancient artifact, what would you choose? 👀 #Archaeology #AncientHistory #DNA

Ancient Nessana may not appear in the Bible, but it became a major Byzantine Christian and caravan hub linking Jerusalem to Mount Sinai. Would you visit an ancient desert city like this? #Archaeology #AncientHistory

Authorities in Gaziantep seized a mysterious Hebrew manuscript written in gold on python skin during an antiquities trafficking bust. Rather interesting given that snakes would usually be considered unclean. #Archaeology #AncientHistory

42 “lost” pages from a 6th-century New Testament manuscript have been recovered using imaging technology. Scholars uncovered hidden “ghost text” inside Codex H, revealing ancient chapter lists, scribal notes, and clues about how sacred texts evolved over centuries. phys.org/news/2026-04...

After decades of silence, the ancient Shamash Gate of Nineveh is finally revealing its secrets again. Archaeologists are working to restore and study the gate after severe ISIS-era destruction. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A 23-foot mudbrick wall at Mohenjo-Daro could rewrite what we know about the world’s first cities. New analysis may reveal how climate, trade, and urban planning shaped the Indus Valley Civilization thousands of years ago.

My next read, by @chrissyhans97.bsky.social - from @biblicaljournal.bsky.social Josephus and the Murder of James: An Argument Against Some Common Wisdom

The Persians may have been the closest thing to a “tolerant” superpower in the ancient world. Across 3 continents, conquered peoples kept their religions so long as peace held. That diversity helped turn Persian cities into hubs of science and debate. #History bigthink.com/mini-philoso...

What was everyday life like in #ancientIsrael during the time of the Biblical Judges? 🏺 Small hilltop villages, mudbrick homes, family-based households, and terrace farming shaped daily survival. Would you have expected this kind of “ancient village life”?