There are a lot of archaeological news stories every month and with every story come questions. This week on the podcast, we wanted to round up four stories from June 2025 that deserve more discussion. Check out our news shorts for weekly archaeology news updates.

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Stories:Caesarea Maritima: Roman Sarcophagushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-sarcophagus-unearthed-in-israel-portrays-an-epic-drinking-contest-between-the-god-dionysus-and-the-mythical-hero-hercules-180986785/ https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/extraordinary-sarcophagus-discovered-in-israel-shows-carving-of-dionysus-beating-hercules-in-a-drinking-contest Egyptian Bluehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-01699-7 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-recreating-the-long-lost-recipe-for-egyptian-blue-the-worlds-oldest-known-synthetic-pigment-180986778/Madaba Maphttps://archaeology.org/news/2025/05/29/lost-byzantine-city-rediscovered-in-jordanian-desert/ https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4243913Tel Dor Shipwreckshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/iron-age-ship-cargoes-from-the-harbour-of-dor-israel/D44019724498E1221A1E026E25FFEA04

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This week, we're talking about Augustine's view of slavery with Dr. Toni Alimi. How central to Augustine's thinking and theology was slavery and just how large a shadow did his thinking create? The answer might surprise you.For more, check out Dr. Alimi's new book "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244235/slaves-of-god

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Guest: Dr. Toni Alimi, Assistant Professor Cornell University Sage School of Philosophy

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This week, we're talking about slavery in the New Testament and Roman world with Javal Coleman. From the Roman context of slavery to how we should be asking questions of instances of slavery in the New Testament, we cover a lot in this conversation.For more, check out their chapter "Enslavement in the Roman World" in the new book "Ancient Slavery and its New Testament Contexts" https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802884138/ancient-slavery-and-its-new-testament-contexts/

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Guest: Javal Coleman, PhD student in Classics at the University of Texas Austin

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This week, we're talking with Dr. Colin Elliott about Julius Caesar! Just how important was Julius Caesar to the history of Rome? Was Caesar's life one of calculated risk or chance events? And how does Caesar compare to everyone who comes after him?

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Guest: Dr. Colin Elliott; Professor, Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington

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This week, Dr. Tate Paulette joins Jordan to discuss beer in ancient Mesopotamia! What do we know about the origins of beer? Do we know who drank beer or what it tasted like? Did ancient Mesopotamia have a beer culture? And what's the deal with straws?Looking for more?

Check out Dr. Tate Paulette's book "In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia." https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-the-land-of-ninkasi-9780197682449Or this essay:https://aeon.co/essays/mesopotamians-found-beer-celebratory-intoxicating-and-erotic

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Guest: Dr. Tate Paulette, Associate Professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State Universityhttps://chass.ncsu.edu/people/tpaulet

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Did Ground Penetrating Radar find Noah's Ark? This week, we break down the claims being made by the Noah's Ark Scans about the Durupınar formation. We will get into the "new" pseudo-archaeological evidence, what they are saying it represents, the issues present in their readings, and some questionable things that surround the group and their claims.

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This week, Dr. Peter Miller joins Bible & Archaeology to unpack the concept of angels! What are angels? Do angels have a clear role in the Bible? What do angels look like? Do angels have free will? We cover all this and more!

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Guest: Dr. Peter Miller, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies Department of Classics, University of Iowa

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This week, we're talking with Dr. Brian Doak about Giants! Why are conspiracies about giants so popular? What roots do these theories have in the Bible? And how does any of this connect to American politics?

Subscribe to his YouTube channel, where he posts regular reflections on a wide range of biblical studies topics: https://www.youtube.com/@briandoak Read his new article "Shocking Discoveries of Giants You Will Not Believe!!!: Conspiracy Belief and Archaeological Interest in YouTube Videos about Biblical and Other Giants:" https://online.ucpress.edu/jrpc/article/doi/10.1525/jrpc.2025.aa108/206734/Shocking-Discoveries-of-Giants-You-Will-Not

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Guest: Guest: Brian R. Doak (PhD, Harvard University) is Professor of Biblical Studies and Vice President of George Fox Digital at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon https://georgefox.academia.edu/BrianRDoak

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This week, Jordan and Mary Kate discuss the relationship of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah. Is this a story of love at first sight? Who is said to love in this story? What is the role of "love"? Is "love" even the right word? Join us as we discuss some common modern interpretations of Genesis 29 and their problems.

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This week, we're talking with Dr. Dan McClellan about his new book "The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues." We discuss not just what is in the book but the larger issues that shaped the book.Buy "The Bible Says So" https://www.amazon.com/Bible-Says-So-Scriptures-Controversial/dp/1250347467

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Guest: Dr. Dan McClellan

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