#1621
2018-08-01
With Scott Stripling
Shiloh, the home of the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant for over 300 years, is being re-excavated. We check in with dig-director Scott Stripling to discuss the ceramic pomegranate and other amazing finds from the 2018 excavation season.
tags: Shiloh Tabernacle Ark of the Covenant pomegranate
#1620
2018-07-04
With Various
The Jesus Trail is a 40-mile hike from Nazareth and Capernaum. There are several important archaeological sites along the trail, as well as (of course) at Nazareth and Capernaum.
tags: Nazareth Sepphoris Capernaum Jesus Trail Tzipori Wadi Arbel
#1619
2018-05-29
With Mordecai Aviam
We did this interview withi Mordecai Aviam in his office at Kinneret College, on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, where he is senior lecturer in the Department of the study of the Land of Israel. We discussed the recently begun excavation of el-Araj, a site along the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, which may be the New Testament city of Bethsaida. For 30 years the nearby site of et-Tel has borne the Bethsaida identification, but there are issues with et-Tel and el-Araj has compelling discoveries which may indicate it is the real Bethsaida.
tags: Bethsaida disciples apostles et-Tel el-Araj Julia Herod Philip
#1618
2018-05-23
Byzantine Churches of the Galilee
With Mordecai Aviam
We did this interview withi Mordecai Aviam in his office at Kinneret College, on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, where he is senior lecturer in the Department of the study of the Land of Israel. We dicussed his research into Byzantine churches of the Galilee, amongst the pagan populations that became Christian when Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire. He is in the middle of excavating a number of the church sites, looking for mosaics that give information about church history.
tags: Mosaics Galilee Churches pagan bishops Christianity Roman Empire
#1617
2018-05-03
With Clyde Billington
A new section of the incense route through the Negev desert has been discovered, as well as new information about Byzantine agriculture in the Negev. We also discuss the Tel el-Maskhuta Fortress in the Nile Delta.
tags: Agriculture Incense Negev desert Tel el-Maskhuta Fortress