Last week, at the British Library in London, Professor Barrie Wilson and I launched our book, The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the… Continue reading "Simcha Challenges Bill O’Reilly to a Debate!"
My good friend and colleague Barrie Wilson and I have been working for six years on a book. Today, that book is the subject of a front-page story in the… Continue reading "It begins!"
On December 12, 1941, nearly 800 Romanian Jews boarded a 46-metre boat called the “Struma”. They set sail across the Black Sea from Constanta, Romania, en route for the ancient… Continue reading "David Stoliar, Lone Survivor of “Jewish Titanic”, Dies at 91"
It was a scene straight out of Indiana Jones. The date was November 5th, 1922. Leading the expedition was Howard Carter, a British archeologist who had spent decades excavating in… Continue reading "Mummy Penis"
When we think of Cleopatra today, we think of an ancient sexy ruler or we think of Elizabeth Taylor opposite Richard Burton. But in reality, to the degree that we… Continue reading "Cleopatra: It’s Her World"
In January 2008, some of the world’s top scholars gathered at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem to consider the claims of my 2007 film and book “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”… Continue reading "Once Again Vindicated!"
Sometimes the stars just perfectly align. I just spent 4 days in Cannes with my wife Nicole. We came here because I had been advised that we had won a… Continue reading "We Won the Gold Dolphin"
Very few people have taken into consideration the impact of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE/AD on the spread of Christianity in the Roman empire. Nor have people realized… Continue reading "Vesuvius: Avenger of Jerusalem"
My friend, colleague and co-author (The Jesus Discovery), Professor James Tabor, has made a big 1st century discovery on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion. The dig is conducted by the University of… Continue reading "Biblical Blue Confirmed in Jerusalem"
A few weeks ago, I blogged about an interesting find at Tel Huqoq. The excavators thought they were looking at the remains of an ancient synagogue whereas, clearly, we are… Continue reading "This is No Synagogue!"