Nothing compares with visiting a museum and seeing your favorite piece in person. We often hear from travelers on their return who are thrilled to have finally seen the objects they had previously admired in BAR’s photographs. But many of the most valuable artifacts from the Biblical world will never be seen by museumgoers, no matter how far they travel, or by readers flipping through BAR. These objects reside in private collections, and, although often unmatched by museum holdings, they are off limits to the public—and often to scholars as well. A recent book by a Tel Aviv antiquities […]