Potters and Their Fingerprints
Pot sherds are ubiquitous on Near Eastern archaeological sites. But occasionally the fingerprints of the potters can tell us unexpected things about their lives and the economic sy
A Beehive from Solomon’s Pools (in the Albright Attic)
Beekeeping is an ancient human activity but archaeological evidence for it is difficult to find. An ancient jar from an unlikely spot, the attic of the Albright Institute, may be o
Silk Textiles in the Southern Levant
The Hebrew word for silk appears only twice in the Bible. But after 400 CE, as Christianity and pilgrimage expanded, silk from Egypt and Syria began to appear, and to be preserved