Good Thursday morning all, I am doing chores and planning the rest of the week. Anyway,I checked my email and saw more interesting news about archaeology. Open Access to Lachish Archaeology Read seven seminal BAR articles on the Lachish excavations online for free In the November/December 2013 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Khirbet Qeiyafa archaeologists Yosef Garfinkel, Michael Hasel and Martin Klingbeil discuss the start of a new excavation at Lachish, the second most important city in ancient Judah after Jerusalem. Three expeditions to Tel Lachish have resulted in a rich excavation history. To mark the opening of the fourth expedition to Tel Lachish, we’ve made a collection of seven BAR articles on the third expedition to Lachish free and publicly available. Garfinkel, Hasel and Klingbeil describe the history of the excavation: “Three previous expeditions excavated at Lachish. The first was British in 1932–1938, directed by James Leslie Starkey and his assistant Olga Tufnell. The second was an Israeli expedition directed by Yohanan Aharoni of Tel Aviv University for two seasons in 1966 and 1968. The third expedition, under the superb direction of David Ussishkin of Tel Aviv University, took place between 1974 and 1987. The Starkey-Tufnell and Ussishkin expeditions set new standards in excavation and publication. They revolutionized our understanding of various aspects of Lachish, such as the later history of Judah and the pre-Israelite Late Bronze Age Canaanite city.” Featured BAR articles: David Ussishkin. “Answers at Lachish.” Nov/Dec 1979. David Ussishkin. “News from the Field: Defensive Judean Counter-Ramp Found at Lachish in 1983 Season.” Mar/Apr 1984. Yigael Yadin. “The Mystery of the Unexplained Chain.” Jul/Aug 1984. David Ussishkin. “Lachish—Key to the Israelite Conquest of Canaan?.” Jan/Feb 1987. David Ussishkin. “Restoring the Great Gate at Lachish.” Mar/Apr 1988. Steven Feldman. “Return to Lachish.” May/Jun 2002. Philip J. King. “Why Lachish Matters.” Jul/Aug 2005. Visit the new, free collection of BAR articles on Lachish archaeology >> News Features Israel Antiquities Authority Returns “Jesus Brother” Bone
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