Yesterday I wrote about Getting the Mail. In the post I mentioned that I was waiting for the newest issue of BAR.

Today when I checked my mail the newest issue was waiting for me. I decided that tonight I would write another post about what is In the BAR.

There are several articles that are of great interest to me.

The first article is titled The Emperor’s New Church on Main Street, Jerusalem.

The picture above is a copy of a section of a mosaic map that was found on the floor of a church in Madaba, Jordan. The mosaic depicts Jerusalem as it would have been in the sixth-century.

This was on the wall in the Cardo area of Jerusalem. The Cardo which was the main street of the city can be seen in the center of the map.

In this picture you see the remains of some of the columns that lined the Cardo. At the far right of the picture you can see a painting that depicts what the Cardo may have looked like.

This picture shows the remains of shops that lined the Cardo. The article in BAR shows a picture of these same shops.

The main focus of the article is the Nea Church that was on the Cardo. In the mosaic map it is on the right end of the street.

I have not read the entire article, but plan on reading it carefully and learning more about the Cardo and the Nea Church.

Another article that is in the new issue of BAR is An Ending and A Beginning: Why We’re Leaving Qeiyafa and Going to Lachish.

The article is written by the team of archaeologists who have been excavating Khirbet Qeiyafa for the last seven years. On my trip to Israel last year we drove by the site while we were in the Elah Valley. One of the many places that we saw in the Shephelah.

The article goes through the history and importance of Khirbet Qeiyafa and discusses some of their finds from the last seven years.

Next year the team will start a new dig at Lachish. The article gives some of the history of past digs at Lachish and details what they will be looking for in the upcoming dig season.

I have thought about going on this dig. I just recently found out the dates of the dig and it will probably not work out for next year.

I am planning on taking a tour of Turkey next year with Ferrell Jenkins. I plan on working on my registration and travel plans on Monday since I have a day off.

The trip to Turkey will be only about a month before when I would go on the dig to Lachish and I don’t think I can take that much time off in a short time period. I can always talk about Lachish with Ferrell as he was on one of the previous digs there.

One more article in the BAR is of interest. There is an article about Perga which is one of the places that we will visit on the trip to Turkey. It is time to start preparing for the trip 🙂

I hope you have a chance to read the articles in BAR. They are full of good information.

Steven