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Who Was the Wife of Cain? - Biblical Archaeology Society In theory, this would have dropped the world’s population from four down to three The narrative continues in Genesis 4 with Cain settling in the land of Nod and having children with his wife Who did Cain marry? Where did she come from? Are there other people outside of Eden?
Rock Giants in Noah - Biblical Archaeology Society What are the rock giants in Noah? Discover how the Book of Enoch’s fallen angels and Nephilim may have inspired the movie’s mysterious creatures—and what ancient texts reveal about the real story behind Noah’s flood
Cain and Abel in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology Society In the midrash, they inherited their dispute from their parents: Cain took the land for himself, and Abel received everything else Another midrashic suggestion: Cherchez la femme —so let us look for the woman According to this explanation, the two brothers were both in love with their mother; in another version, with their sister
Jews and Arabs Descended from Canaanites DNA analysis of 93 ancient remains from Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan reveals that modern Jews and Arabs share more than half their ancestry with the Bronze Age Canaanites—showing that ancient Israelites and their neighbors descended from a genetically cohesive Canaanite population
The Nephilim and the Sons of God - Biblical Archaeology Society Who were the Nephilim—the mysterious “sons of God” and their powerful offspring in Genesis 6? Uncover why ancient Israel saw these demigod-like figures so differently from heroes like Hercules and Achilles
Sheba on the Front Lines - Biblical Archaeology Society Marib, the capital of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba and home to the legendary Queen of Sheba, now finds itself on the front lines of one of today’s most protracted and devastating conflicts, the Yemeni civil war The roughly 60-acre site, which includes the towering remains of monumental pillared temples and one of the ancient world’s largest dams, is just miles away from the
Where Is Biblical Gilgal? - Biblical Archaeology Society A memorial to the Israelite crossing of the Jordan River, a place of sacrifice, the location of King Agag’s death, Gilgal may be one of the most important biblical sites you probably do not remember from the Bible That is if Gilgal is even a single site in the first place While Gilgal is mentioned more than 40 times in the Hebrew Bible, scholars remain remarkably uncertain about the site
Noah and the Genesis Flood - Biblical Archaeology Society The flood story is one of the best-known Biblical narratives The Book of Genesis describes God’s call to Noah to build an ark for his family and two of every animal In time, the earth would be flooded and the world would begin anew Questions surrounding the historicity of the Biblical narrative, however, have plagued historians and archaeologists What do textual and archaeological