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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn about Hezekiah’s successor and son, Manasseh. Consider why a wicked man was allowed to be the longest-reigning monarch in ancient Israel, when and where the stories of his life were recorded, and how sibling rivalry may have been the beginning of the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Episode links:

Victory Stele of Esarhaddon: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/victory-stele-of-king-esarhaddon-unknown/VQEu-T-wE5Tf7w?hl=en

Tel Lachish: https://www.parks.org.il/trip/lacish/

Stone stele of Ashurbanipal (British Museum): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1881-0324-367

Stone stele of Shamash-shum-ukin (British Museum): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-0617-3

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn about one of the Southern Kingdom’s most righteous kings, Hezekiah. Understand what he did to restore right-worship of Israel’s God to his nation, why the mighty Neo-Assyrians didn’t conquer Jerusalem, and how his final actions foreshadowed Jerusalem’s future fall to the Neo-Babylonians.

Episode links:

Tel Beer Sheva National Park: https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/tel-beer-sheva-national-park/

Tel Arad National Park: https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/tel-arad-national-park/

“An Important Archaeological Discovery: A Gate-Shrine Dating to the First Temple Period was Exposed In Excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Tel Lachish National Park,” Israel Antiquities Authority: https://www.antiquities.org.il/article_eng.aspx?sec_id=25&subj_id=240&id=4221

Maarten van Heemskerck, “Jonah complaining under the gourd,” print by Philips Galle (1566): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1937-0915-265

Take a virtual tour of Sennacherib’s “Palace without Rival” at https://lachish.org/nineveh/, and then view the wall reliefs on the display at the British Museum at https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/assyria-nineveh

Asset number 354010001: Gypsum wall panel relief: Sennacherib watches the capture of Lachish. He sits on a throne and watches as prisoners are brought before him and executed. A tent is behind him; there is a chariot in the foreground and bodyguards stationed around. The king's face has been deliberately damaged, perhaps at the fall of Nineveh in 612BC. The relief bears an inscription written in cuneiform script. © The Trustees of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1856-0909-14_7

“Hezekiah’s Tunnel Reexamined,” Bible History Daily (31 August 2023): https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/jerusalem/hezekiahs-tunnel-reexamined/

“Timeline,” City of David: https://timeline.cityofdavid.org.il/period/iron-age-ii-first-temple-period/#term-39

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn about the collapse of the Northern Kingdom to the Neo-Assyrians. Understand why the conquerors are “neo,” where the “lost tribes of Israel” went, and how the Samaritans’ culture developed.

Episode links:

“House of David“ inscribed on a victory stele, (now at the Israel Museum): https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/371407-0

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-1104-1

“Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat),” UNESCO World Heritage Convention, https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1130/

Timeline of Nimrud Excavations: http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/nimrud/index.html

Marcia Biggs, “Reduced to rubble by ISIS, archaeologists see a new day for ancient city of Nimrud,” PBS News Hour (12 April 2017): https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/reduced-rubble-isis-archaeologists-see-new-day-ancient-city-nimrud

Relief of Tiglath-Pileser III from Nimrud’s Central Palace (now at the British Museum): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1856-0909-61

“Sargon II - The Ashur Charter," from the Library of Ashurbanipal (now at the British Museum): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_K-1349

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn about the Northern Kingdom’s most infamous king and queen: Ahab and Jezebel. Find out where Samaria’s capital city was built, how Phoenician religion and trade affected the nation, and why we think of Jezebel as a seductress instead of a powerful politician.

Episode links:

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Elijah meeting Ahab and Jezebel in Naboth's vineyard," New York Public Library Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-5d8f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Jude Flurry, “Samaria Ivories — Proof of the Bible?” Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology: https://armstronginstitute.org/394-samaria-ivories-proof-of-the-bible

John Byam Liston Shaw (1872–1919), “Jezebel,” https://russellcotes.com/collection-piece/jezebel/

The Sidon Excavation: http://www.sidonexcavation.com/sidon-the-city/

“Furniture inlay: Woman at the Window,” IAA 1933-2578, Israel Museum: https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/365182-0

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn what caused the ancient United Kingdom of Israel to split into the North and the South, why religion impacted that action, where the Northern tribes attempted to worship God, and how Israel’s dead were buried.

Episode links:

“Two Riddles of the Queen of Sheba,” tapestry from Strasbourg, Germany (ca. 1490-1500), Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/465954

J. Gordon Edwards, dir., The Queen of Sheba (1921; Hollywood, CA, Fox Film Corp.), https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499794/the-queen-of-sheba/#synopsis

Dalia Karpel, “The Little Match Girl,” Haaretz (31 May 2006): https://www.haaretz.com/2006-05-31/ty-article/the-little-match-girl/0000017f-e994-d62c-a1ff-fdff89f50000

Tel Maresha https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/bet-guvrin-national-park/

Matti Friedman, “Oded Golan is not guilty of forgery. So is the ‘James ossuary’ for real?” Times of Israel (14 March 2012): https://www.timesofisrael.com/oded-golan-is-not-guilty-of-forgery-so-is-the-james-ossuary-for-real/

Tel Dan https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/tel-dan-nature-reserve/

Philippe Bohstrom, “Israelites in Biblical Dan Worshipped Idols – and Yahweh Too, Archaeologists Discover,” Haaretz (31 October 2018): https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2018-10-31/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israelites-in-biblical-dan-worshipped-idols-and-yahweh-too/0000017f-db76-db5a-a57f-db7ebdd20000

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn about the extrabiblical evidence of David and Solomon, including the Tel Dan Stele and Solomon’s “great” cities of Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer. Then consider the differences between what Scripture says about the first Temple and the Queen of Sheba and how other traditions have influenced our interpretations.

Episode links:

Michael D. Danti et al, “Special Report: Current Status of

Paul Raffaele, “Keepers of the Lost Ark?” Smithsonian

Megan Sauter, “Who Is the Queen of Sheba in the Bible?” Bible

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn why David was up on his roof staring at Bathsheba, what made Hebron so important to Israelite leaders, and how lamps were made and used in antiquity.

Episode links:

“Tour” a 4-Room House at Harvard’s Museum of the Ancient Near East: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=sQamX7QGS2v

Matti Friedman, “In an ancient figurine, an ordinary and human scene,” Times of Israel (4 June 2012): https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-an-ancient-figurine-an-ordinary-and-human-scene/

Kochavi, Moshe, et al. “Rediscovered! The Land of Geshur,” Biblical Archaeology Review 18.4 (1992): 30–33, 35–38, 40–44, https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/rediscovered-the-land-of-geshur/

Philippe Bohstrom, “Fortifications Found Show Biblical Kingdom of Geshur More Powerful Than Thought,” Haaretz (20 July 2016): https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2016-07-20/ty-article/biblical-geshur-a-3000-year-old-superpower/0000017f-e65e-dea7-adff-f7ff2cc40000

S2E9: Herod’s Walls: Synagogue and Mosque at Hebron: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/imo0auKBLDb

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn how "ruddy" David was chosen to be Israel’s second king, why there is confusion about Goliath’s height, what happened in a cave in En Gedi, and where the City of David is located.

Episode links:

Edward Burne-Jones, “David and Goliath” (1872), Vyner Memorial Window, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/visiting

DSS 4Q51, Plate 1097, Frag 2: https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/image/B-484181

Gath’s discoveries: https://www.timesofisrael.com/colossal-ancient-structures-found-at-gath-may-explain-origin-of-story-of-goliath/

En Gedi Nature Reserve: https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/en-gedi-nature-reserve/

City of David: https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/

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During this episode of the Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast, learn why the Iron Age got its name, how Israel changed from a confederation of tribes to a unified kingdom, and what makes Samuel and Saul so important to Israel's history. See one of the earliest pieces of proto-Hebrew writing, and learn how "lots" were actually used for decision making in the ancient world!

Episode links:

Qeiyafa Ostracon: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/the-qeiyafa-ostracon-relates-the-birth-of-the-kingdom-of-israel/

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Amanda is coming back with Season 4 of The Red-Haired Archaeologist® Podcast in October! She's titled the season, "Kings of the Iron Age: From Tabernacle to Temples." Watch for a preview of what is to come.