by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
Highlights- Alexander the Great Coin, 340-323 BCE Dan Inscription, 2nd-3rd century BCE The Septuagint, 285-246 BCE Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 164 BCE Overview Hellenism 332-167, Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem- Sacred City of Mankind,...
by hadassah | Jan 27, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
Recently Discovered Photos Show Long-Lost Details Just over a hundred years ago, an American archaeologist discovered a series of spectacular tomb paintings dating from about 200 B.C.E. at a site in the foothills of the Judean mountains. Yet, within a few years, these...
by hadassah | Jan 27, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
Kyrenia Shipwreck Will Be Published In our recent review of The Problem of Unpublished Excavations we listed Michael Katzev among the culprits—archaeologists who delay publishing, or never publish, the results of their research.a We are pleased to say we may have...
by hadassah | Jan 27, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
2000 Hellenistic Bullae were found at Kedesh in upper Galilee in the summer of ’99. This clay seal impression depicts a rearing horse. Strata- Woollae Bullae, Devra Wexler, BAR 26-03, May-Jun 2000.
by hadassah | Jan 27, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
Team Hopes to Find More Seals at Kedesh Spurred by the discovery of a massive hoard of bullae—stamped pieces of clay used to seal documents—the excavation team at Tel Kedesh hopes it is on the verge of uncovering an entire ancient bullae archive. Nearly 2,000 bullae...
by hadassah | Jan 27, 2009 | Hellenistic Period
Pottery talks. That’s a little secret archaeologists know but few outsiders are privy to. And pottery can talk—a lot. If you were to excavate George Washington’s dining room at Mount Vernon and recover fragments of the many plates and cups and bowls and serving dishes...
