RELG 433 - Biblical Archaeology
InterNet Links
Module 3 - Problems in Biblical Archaeology
Forgeries and Forgers
The James' Ossuary
James' Ossuary - original news
Ossuary Tales - Archaeology Magazine, January/February 2003
James' Ossuary - Archaeology Magazine, April 17, 2003
Gold Dust and James Bond - Archaeology Magazine, June 18, 2003
James' Ossuary - Archaeology Magazine, June 23, 2003
James' Ossuary - Archaeology Magazine, July 22, 2003 - Golan arrested
Ossuary Dethroned - Archaeology Magazine, July 24, 2003
Faking Biblical History - Archaeology Magazine, September/October 2003
Forgery Fallout - Archaeology Magazine, March/April 2005
Trial of the Century - Archaeology Magazine, March/April 2005
The Jehoash Inscription
The Jehoash Inscription
The Jehoash Inscription - a detailed report
The Jehoash Inscription
The Jehoash Inscription
Moses Shapira
Moses Shapira - was he a forger, or was he for real ?
Moses Shapira - was he a forger, or was he for real ?
Moses Shapira
Related topics
"The Jerusalem Syndrome" in relation to forgeries
Archaeology Vol 54 No. 1, January/February 2001 - Persian Princess is a Fraud. She was thought to be a daughter of Xerxes
The Jerusalem Forgery Conference - held in 2007, so now a bit out of date
Frauds and Hoaxes and Ignorant Mistakes
Los Lunas Inscription
Los Lunas Inscription
Los Lunas Inscription - James Tabor trusted Frank Hibben's story
Frank Hibben and his Research Center
UNM Field Trip to Los Lunas
The Bat Creek Stone - Palaeo-Hebrew ?? - or a Native American Alphabet ? - or a prankster ?
The Bat Creek Stone - another theory of who did it
Michigan's Mystery Relics
The "Bar Kochba Coin" from Kentucky
The Bar Kokhba Coin from Clay City, Kentucky.
A Japanese Hoax
Piltdown Man - fake
Piltdown Man
Piltdown Man
Charles Dawson - the 'discoverer' of Piltdown Man
The man that never was
The Jesus Wife Hoax - Harvard still has this on their website as if it were genuine
Jesus' Wife Hoax - provenance of the papyrus questionable
Jesus' Wife Hoax - more arguments
Jesus Wife Hoax = double forgery
Jesus Wife Hoax
Jesus Wife Hoax - who did it - investigative journalism to the extreme
Archaeology's Hoaxes, Fakes, and Strange Sites
Unprovenanced Artefacts
The Ivory Pomegranate
The Ivory Pomegranate, now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Ivory Pomegranate
The Ivory Pomegranate - detailed analysis
Private Collections
Illegal Digs
Illegal digs in Turkey ?
Illegal digs and looting in Syria
Illegal Digs in Greece
Black Market
In 1995 Swiss police found stolen and smuggled archaeological artifacts worth $35 million
Archaeology, April 20, 1998 - Afghanistan Museum under siege
Plundering Afghanistan - Archaeology magazine page of links to articles
Selling the Past - Archaeology, April 22, 2002
Archaeology, March 19, 2002 - Taking on the Black Market in Antiquities
Dead Sea Scrolls - history of their discovery and sale
The Moabite Stone
The Moabite Stone
Chinese 'Tomb Raiders' jailed for looting ancient sites
Antiquities' Robbery - Report by the Israel Antiquities Authority
Theft
Theft in Egypt
Thefts from Iraq - Archaeology, December 30, 1996
Archaeology, vol. 49 no.6, 1996 November/December - Assyrian Wall Reliefs for Sale
Looting
Afghanistan Museum under Siege - Archaeology 1998, April 20
Afghanistan Museum Plunder continues - May 26, 1998
Looting in Iraq
War
The Iraq National Museum before the 2003 War
The Iraq National Museum re-opens after the War
Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh - Archaeology December 30, 1996 - looting Nineveh
The 2003 Iraq War and Archaeology and Archaeology Blog
Melee at the Museum
Iraq - Heritage in Danger - UNESCO WebSite
Newsreport of January 9, 2004
Newsreport of January 16, 2004
Index of online articles on Iraq in Archaeology magazine
Protecting Iraq's Ancient Heritage
Protecting Iraq's Ancient Heritage
Iraq looting
Iraq Treasures found
Pentagon briefing on the Iraq Museum, September 10, 2003
Interview with Matthew Bogdanos - Archaeology October 16, 2003
Warka Vase returned to Museum, damaged
Archaeology vol 56 no.6 - November/December 2003 - Tilya Tepe treasure found safe
Photos of the Iraq treasures
Looting at Mosul
Archaeology, Vol 56 No.4, July/August 2003 - The Spoils of War - in Iraq and elsewhere
Archaeology, 2003, March 27 - War and Heritage - Is Ancient Iraq being protected?
The hidden Gold of Iraq and Afghanistan
Digging in the Shadow of Death
The Iraq National Museam, 10 years later - part 1
The IraqNational Museum, 10 years later - part 2
With the rise of ISIS and radical Islam, the destruction of statues and archaeological sites has accelerated
See the destruction of Nineveh here
and here
Destruction of Nimrud by ISIS
Destruction at Mosul
Destruction at Mosul
Destruction of Nimrud
Destruction at Mosul
Destruction at Mosul
Destruction of Nimrud
Destruction of Nimrud
Destruction of Nimrud
Nimrud before its destruction
A digital reconstruction of Nimrud
Destruction at Palmyra
Political and Ethnic problems
Cultural Terrorism in Afghanistan - destruction of Buddha statues
Destruction on the Temple Mount
Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount - video
Afghanistan - The Taliban destroys pre-Islamic antiquities
Bethlehem - Church of the Nativity set on fire
Bethlehem - Fighting at the Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem - Fighting at the Church of the Nativity
Destruction at Ain Ghazal - through ignorance and non-communication between governmental agencies
Removal of Cultural Heritage
The Elgin Marbles
The Return of the Aidonia Treasure
The Aidonia Treasure
The Siloam Inscription
Where the Siloam Inscription used to be
Economic Problems
Zeugma - use the left side bar to link to parts of the website
Zeugma
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel Virtual Tour
Damage by Tourists and Nut Cases
Archaeology Magazine - World Monuments Watch List of the 100 most endangered sites, 2004 (they do not seem to have updated this list since then)
The Portland Vase
Lascaux Caves - not "Biblical", but of importance historically, and for example of visitors causing damage due to environmental changes. Use your the links at the foot of the page for more information, and the link to "the Future" for plans for saving the paintings from further damage
Chauvet Cave - protective measures for cave paintings
Bad Archaeology
Bad Archaeology
Misrepresentation
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