Category Archives: History

National Geographic’s The Holy Land Special Issue

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

While we were in the US, we noticed a special November 2009 issue of the National Geographic on The Holy Land. It has many interesting articles about the Holy Land, but it also has a previously published poster of the … Continue reading →

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Conferences and Lectures in New Orleans

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

My wife Kathleen and I enjoyed our time last week in New Orleans and even had time to sail on the Mississippi on the Steamboat Natchez. It was also interesting to listen to the many stories about the Katrina disaster … Continue reading →

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A 2,000 year old Mikveh exposed in the Western Wall tunnels

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

While I was abroad, the IAA reported that a 2,000 year old mikveh has been found near the Temple Mount: “The miqve was discovered inside the western hall of a splendid structure that is located just c. 20 meters from … Continue reading →

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Temple facade shown on Bar-Kokhba coins

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

A large cache of rare coins has been found by archaeologists in the Judean Hills. “Leaders of the Jewish resistance imprinted and dated coins for each year of the rebellion with, for example, images of the exterior of the Second … Continue reading →

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Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple Mount

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

This is a post I am thrilled to be able to write! Followers of this blog will know that over the years, we produced educational slide sets that lecturers and teachers used to give presentations or to enhance their own … Continue reading →

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A new Bible program

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

During the last eight months or so, we have worked as archaeological and historical consultants for a new digital Bible program, called Glo. On the introductory page of the new website, it says: “Glo is an interactive Bible with a … Continue reading →

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German Lecture Tour

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

From June 19-27, 2009 a lecture tour in Germany has been planned. My wife Kathleen will join me. The first series will take place on June 19, 20 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, for see details here. The lecture titles are: 1. … Continue reading →

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Historical Jesus

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

Some of you may be interested in the following 8-part series on the historical Jesus: http://dod.org/Products/DOD2121.aspx It features the scholars of the IBR Jesus Study Group (Darrell Bock, Craig Evans, Grant Osborne, Michael Wilkins, et al.) discussing the conclusion of … Continue reading →

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The Antonia, Herod’s Temple Mount Fortress

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

In the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, an article was published by Ehud Netzer, called “A New Reconstruction of Paul’s Prison”. Netzer is a respected and successful architect/archaeologist and well-known for his excavations of Herodium and Hasmonean and … Continue reading →

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The Messiah in the Temple

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

The Messiah in the Temple is an exciting project with the aim of developing a 3-D visual media of the Temple of Jerusalem. This project was conceived by the project manager Martin Severin. After reading Roger Liebi’s book of that … Continue reading →

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