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A chance im interested in prehistory and early history so we want to reach the older layers the question is whether i respect the early layers whether i document and publish what i find that determines everything. on the very his feet if im obsessed with one period say the iron age and the beginnings of the kingdom of israel and i take away everything else i am being an idealogue. whether in a cemetery or anywhere else in jerusalem archaeology always has a political dimension in the holy city a ...

Ground that is fourteen meters high and in the days of herod. like the rings of a tree each layer reveals how the city has graham since. spent years looking underneath the church. covered goes back over two thousand years and is now open to visitors in the archaeological park. here is the law this is the wall and heres the entrance to the market. but not for constantine or any of the nobility. or course there has to be this is the servants entrance where goods were delivered. as current take on ...

Zion are so special. that. for millennia jerusalem has drawn countless generations to the holy mountain . the city is a treasure trove for historians and archaeologists. today it is a divided city hotly contested in the bitter israeli palestinian conflict it seems as though everyone in jerusalem has their own version of history and their own agenda jerusalem is holy to jews christians and muslims alike. think is the city has been a home away from home for data feed veiga. he has been director ge...

War in neighboring syria and iraq the refugee crisis is more urgent. while many ancient sites have yet to be explored other archaeological sites are famous tourist attraction in this like the ancient city of daraa some one hundred kilometers north of amman its a popular destination for jordanians and foreigners in the greco-roman era the city was a cultural hub. from here you can see the sea of galilee in northern israel next to its the israeli occupied golan heights on the syrian border. the wa...

A very complicated construct this is like every ancient city in the middle east its a tell a mound of occupation debris the ruins of the old the city lie at the very bottom a new city is built on top of it. then enemies come and destroy it and earthquake comes and yet another city is built on top of that one in time this forms layers in which you can find one city built atop the next from different periods. piece tells what captivate feed vegas academic curiosity and passion like peeling back th...

Takes a lot of effort to achieve results and you need an eye for the little things. were not so interested in the shards themselves as in what people did with the objects were interested in what the objects tell us about life. with if you want to reconstruct their life you have to develop an enthusiasm for these many dead things and enjoy finding out about their past. once a year leaves his son a work place in jerusalem to spend a university term involved in western germany. the city is best kno...

Settlers stay here. but its difficult to understand because it goes beyond history as we see it. really here paul. what else would settlers be doing on an archaeological site who are not. jewish settlers use archaeology to support their reading of jerusalems history. to the whole of the city to feel its important to stay mindful of the current political situation wherever he is excavating. high up on the mount of olives on the offices of the german protestant institute of archaeology it was foun...