Other articles
This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects, which may or may not have appeared in our magazines in the past.
| The Big Hand Mystery at Avaris Archaeologists find grisly evidence for the way ancient Egyptians made sure their statistics were correct. | Samson's Seal Rending lions with his bare hands was Samson's signature act - so did he use it as his signature? | |
| Solar Boat at Abu Roash There's only one pyramid at Abu Roash - and the boat doesn't belong to it! | Xenophon's Honey When Xenophon's Ten Thousand raided Kurdish beehives they were in for an unpleasant surprise! | |
| Jewish Shrines for David When David picked out his stones to face Goliath, had he first fortified himself with a quick prayer before this shrine? | Mattaniah's Seal Sieving pays off, even when it's just rubbish from a ruined house. | |
| Another Tomb of Christ Is it a Jonah? Is it a fish? No, it's an incense burner - and a desperate film maker. | A Lucky Priestess If you weren't a wife or a daughter, you didn't get in, so why was Nehmes so lucky? | |
| Pure for God Is it too fanciful to think that a little stone may be the result of Jesus cleansing the temple? | Wailing Wall Coins The discovery of four copper coins revolutionises our knowledge about Herod's temple. | |
| The Shasu of Yahweh Egyptian lists mention a territory called "the land of the Shasu of Yahweh". | The Missing 5,000 When the Ninth Legion marched into the Scottish mists, did it vanish or not? |
