Since the very early years of BAR, we have bemoaned the fact that most archaeologists and Biblical scholars are reluctant to release the photos and finds from their work until the full results have been published in a scholarly volume or journal.a This often leaves the public (including BAR readers) in the dark for years—or even decades, as in the case of the Dead Sea Scrolls—about the important discoveries from excavations and manuscripts, as we wait for publications that sometimes never come. Thankfully there are exceptions to this rule. And as we have said in BAR, sharing finds and […]
