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Digs & Discoveries May/June 2012
Israel's Garden Spot
Scientists have re-created an ancient royal garden on a hilltop between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, at a site known as Ramat Rahel.
Features May/June 2012
The Story of a Site and a Project: Excavating Tel Kedesh
More than a decade after they began working at an enormous mound in Israel's Upper Galilee region, two archaeologists reflect on their work
Digs & Discoveries May/June 2012
The Perils of Interpretation
Few archaeological artifacts in recent memory have produced interpretations as radically divergent as those advanced in connection with two first-century A.D. ossuaries (boxes containing skeletal remains) in Jerusalem.
Digs & Discoveries November 1, 2011
Off The Grid: Tel Kabri
The Canaanites, who lived in ancient Israel during the second millennium B.C., were a sophisticated people who interacted with and were influenced by many cultures of the ancient Near East. Recent excavations at Tel Kabri, in the Western Galilee region of Israel, suggest that they were also influenced by mainland Greek and Aegean island cultures. Archaeologists Eric Cline of George Washington University and Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa are excavating the remains of a palace that has floor and wall frescoes possibly painted by artists from Crete or the Cyclades. Aegean-style frescoes from the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1550 B.C.) have been found in Syria, Turkey, and Egypt, but they remain rare outside of Greece and have been discovered in Israel only at Kabri.
Around the World March 1, 2011
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During the construction of a mikveh, or ritual bath, in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, archaeologists found an older bathing pool, built and used by the Roman Tenth Legion.
Digs & Discoveries March 1, 2011
New Instruments Enter the Archaeological Toolbox
Recently, excavators uncovered a crucible at Tell es-Safi/Gath, the site of a tenth-century B.C. Philistine city in southern Israel.
Around the World January 1, 2011
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Wedding reception. Thanksgiving. Natufian burial ceremony. Archaeologists found what they believe is the earliest clear evidence for feasting.
