Pres. Trump Should Not Have Cancelled His Masada Trip
Sarah E. Bond has a nice article in Forbes this week about Donald Trump’s decision to skip Masada during his visit to Israel and the West Bank. In it, my colleague discusses the reasons President Trump...
View ArticleThe Museum of the Bible: Why Are Archaeologists and Bible Scholars So Mad?
On November 17, 2017, the Museum of the Bible will open in Washington, DC, just south of the national mall. It promises to be the one of the world’s largest collection of biblical manuscripts, offering...
View ArticleJan/Feb 2018 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (44/1) is now on newsstands
On behalf of the Biblical Archaeology Society, I am pleased to announce the publication of the January/February 2018 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (Vol. 44, No. 1). This is my first issue as...
View ArticleGeorge Washington University Archaeologist Eric H. Cline to Speak at...
If you are in the Iowa City area, please join us on Thursday, March 8, 2018 for the second University of Iowa Dept. of Classics Colloquium lecture of the spring! Archaeologist Eric H. Cline, Professor...
View ArticleThe Importance of Archaeological Provenance – BAR Sept/Oct 2018
My First Person editorial for Sept/Oct 2018 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR 44/5) is titled “The Importance of Archaeological Provenance.” I hope you can give it a read and learn about some...
View ArticleJan/Feb 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/1) is now on newsstands
The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) is pleased to announce the publication of the January/February 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR 45/1), which is on newsstands now. During my first...
View ArticleMarch/April 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/2) is now on...
The Biblical Archaeology Society is pleased to announce the publication of the March/April 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (Vol. 45, No. 2). This issue contains some wonderful articles:...
View ArticleMay/June 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/3) is now on newsstands
The Biblical Archaeology Society is pleased to announce the publication of the following articles in the May/June 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) Volume 45, Number 3: “Inside the Huqoq...
View ArticleFull text of Robert Cargill’s BAR 45/4&5 First Person Editorial: The Gender...
I am making the full text of my First Person editorial from the Biblical Archaeology Review special double issue (BAR 45/4&5; July/Aug/Sept/Oct 2019) available here on my blog. An excerpted version...
View ArticleJuly/Aug/Sept/Oct 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/4&5) is now...
I’m proud to announce that the July/Aug/Sept/Oct 2019 special double issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/4&5) is now on newsstands. The double issue, which we’ve called “By the Hand of a...
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