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Bookmark or Share- The Temple on Mount Gerizim—In the Bible and ArchaeologyTags: ancient samaria archaeologist Archaeology archaeology review bib arch org Bible bible history bible history daily Biblical biblical arch Biblical Archaeology Biblical Archaeology Review biblicalarchaeology biblicalarchaeology.org christian church early christian good samaritan good samaritan parable holy land inn of the good samaritan ...
- The Ten Lost Tribes - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThis is how the Book of 2 Kings summarizes the Assyrian conquest of Israel (17:23). In what was a culmination of more than a century-long confrontation between Israel and Assyria, King Sargon II captured the capital city of Samaria in 721 BCE and exiled thousands of Israelites to Assyria.
- The Samaria Ivories—Phoenician or Israelite?When the Samaria ivories were first excavated, they were immediately explained as Phoenician products and, therefore, considered foreign to their discovery site, Samaria. However, there is currently no archaeological evidence to indicate that the Samaria ivories were, in fact, Phoenician. Recently some scholars have challenged the long-accepted ...
- 3 Pilgrimage Paths from Galilee to Jerusalem(2) Skirting Samaria, the eastern route crosses the Jordan River, passes through the region of Perea, and then crosses back over the Jordan River near Jericho. It would have taken pilgrims five to seven days to traverse it. Cities along this path include Beth Shean, Pella, Sukkoth, and Jericho, as well as smaller villages like Bethpage, and ...
- Ancient Samaria and Jerusalem - Biblical Archaeology SocietyJerusalem and Samaria were also very different. In the Archaeological Views column “Jerusalem and Samaria: An Anthropological Tale of Two Cities” in the May/June 2014 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Jill Katz examines how the field of urban anthropology sheds light on the ideological differences between ancient Samaria and Jerusalem.
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