Search results
This paper offers a provisional summary of the major results of the Italian-Palestinian Archaeological Expedition to Tell es-Sultan, a joint pilot project carried on by Sapienza University of Rome and the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage of the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA-DACH) between 1997 and 2015.
- Lorenzo Nigro
- 2020
This paper offers a provisional summary of the major results of the Italian-Palestinian Archaeological Expedition to Tell es-Sultan, a joint pilot project carried on by Sapienza University of Rome ...
The Italian-Palestinian Expedition (1997– 2012), and the archaeological park of the Jericho Oasis After the Oslo (1993) and Madrid (1994) Peace Agreements, the district of Ariha was handed back to the Palestinian National Authority.
- Maura Sala
- The main reason for denying that Jericho was inhabited at the time of Joshua is the excavations at the site carried out in the 1950s under the direction of British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon. She concluded,
- The location of Biblical Ai
- Three Approaches to the Questions of Jericho and Ai
It is a sad fact that of the town walls of the Late Bronze Age, within which period the attack by the Israelites must fall by any dating, not a trace remains .... The excavation of Jericho, therefore, has thrown no light on the walls of Jericho of which the destruction is so vividly described in the Book of Joshua.
The archaeological problem at Ai is the location of the site. There are no ruins from Joshua’s time at the first site identified as Ai. The question is whether biblical Ai lies at a different site. The current state of the debate is summarized by an article in Bible and Spade, a periodical devoted to demonstrating the historical accuracy of the ...
Historical skeptics: the whole biblical account is an artificial invention. Miller, Alt, Noth, Zevit, Kenyon. Biblical revisionists: the Bible is basically correct. We need to correct the details. Albright. Archaeological revisionists. The Bible is right. Find the right sites and date them correctly. Bimson, Wood, Livingstone, Stripling. T...
Jan 24, 2022 · Last update:20 April 2023. Today, the signing of this agreement is a further step forward in our longstanding commitment to support the protection, conservation and valorisation of Palestinian cultural heritage.
This paper offers a provisional summary of the major results of the Italian-Palestinian Archaeological Expedition to Tell es-Sultan, a joint pilot project carried on by Sapienza University of Rome and the Department of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage of the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA-DACH) between 1997 and 2015.
Since 2009 the Italian-Palestinian archaeological project of excavation and restoration was resumed by Rome "La Sapienza" University and Palestinian MOTA-DACH under the direction of Lorenzo Nigro and Hamdan Taha.
