Others balk at the thought of moving the mosaic at all before academic study is complete. “My worry is that this mosaic will lose its actual historical context and be given an ideological context that continues to help the museum tell its story,” he said. Several archaeologists and academics have voiced vociferous objections to the notion of removing the Megiddo Mosaic from where it was found - and all the more so to exhibit it at the Museum of the Bible.Ĭavan Concannon, a religion professor at the University of Southern California, said the museum acts as a “right-wing Christian nationalist Bible machine” with links to “other institutions that promote white evangelical, Christian nationalism, Christian Zionist forms.” The museum “of course would welcome the opportunity to educate our thousands of visitors on important pieces of history such as this mosaic,” he told The Associated Press via email.
Jeffrey Kloha, the Museum of the Bible’s chief curatorial officer, said a decision on the loan would be made solely by the IAA.
The organization said that moving the mosaic from its original location was the best way to protect it from upcoming construction at the prison. “There’s an entire process that academics and archaeologists are involved with,” said IAA director Eli Eskozido.
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