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The Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project (gath.wordpress.com), a project of Bar-Ilan University, studies the archaeology, history and environment of the multi-period site of Tell es-Safi/Gath (Canaanite and Philistine Gath), located in central Israel.

02/09/2026

Visit to the Tel Qana excavations

Today, I had the pleasure to visit the very and super interesting Tel Qana excavations, directed by Dr. Amit Dagan of BIU, just days after the great press coverage they got (see here). The site is located on the northern bank of the Yarqon River, about 10 km east of ancient Tel Qasile and 5 km northwest of Tel Aphek, and just south of modern day Hod Hasharon....

Today, I had the pleasure to visit the very and super interesting Tel Qana excavations, directed by Dr. Amit Dagan of BIU, just days after the great press coverage they got (see here). The site is …

31/08/2026

Tel Qana is in the news!

A great video about the excavations at Tel Qana, dire Ted by Dr. Amit Dagan from my department at Bar-Ilan University, was just put up by the Jerusalem Post. The video stresses the very cool fact that there is a significant amount of Philistine pottery at the site, something that was not known before the project started. Shani Guterman, from the Safi team, who is excavating at the site, also stars in the video. Check it out!

A great video about the excavations at Tel Qana, dire Ted by Dr. Amit Dagan from my department at Bar-Ilan University, was just put up by the Jerusalem Post. The video stresses the very cool fact t…

28/08/2026

Online lecture series “Affordability in the Iron Age: Household, Regional, and Interregional Economies in the Levant”

Prof. Aaron Brody (Pacific School of Religion and Director of the Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology) has organized a super-interesting online lecture series "Affordability in the Iron Age: Household, Regional, and Interregional Economies in the Levant," and I will have the honor of giving one of the lectures in this series. See below the full schedule:

Prof. Aaron Brody (Pacific School of Religion and Director of the Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology) has organized a super-interesting online lecture series “Affordability in the Iron Age: …

27/08/2026

New article by Louise Hitchcock on the connection between archaeology and art history

Check out the just-published article by Louise Hitchcock on the connection between archaeology and art history, using the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath and the LB/Iron Age transition as case studies. The title of this online article (see here) is: Hitchcock, L. A. 2026. “Deconstructing the Redundancy, Essentialism, and Value of an Ecological Approach in (East Mediterranean) Archaeology and Its Relationship to Art History.” …...

Check out the just-published article by Louise Hitchcock on the connection between archaeology and art history, using the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath and the LB/Iron Age transition as case stu…

26/08/2026

Workshop on “How to Make Religious Spaces” (Leipzig, Oct. 28–29, 2026)

Headsup for a very interesting upcoming event of the RIAB Minerva Center in cooperation with the University of Augsburg. Here is the schedule, and the abstracts of the lectures, of an upcoming workshop that will be held in Leipzig on October 28-29, 2026. The title of the workshop is: How to Make Religious Spaces? Performativity and Religious Spaces in the Southern Levant from Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives…...

Headsup for a very interesting upcoming event of the RIAB Minerva Center in cooperation with the University of Augsburg. Here is the schedule, and the abstracts of the lectures, of an upcoming work…

21/08/2026

The Safi Altar and the Nobel Laureate

The Philstine Museum in Ashdod published that the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Dan Shechtman, visited the museum and received and in-depth tour about the Philistines and their mayerial culture. As thus museum is filled with finds from Tell es-Safi/Gath (and I served as an advisor when it was founded), I was particularly pleased to see the picture of Prof. Shechtman holding onto one of the horns of the well-known two-horned altar from Safi!

The Philstine Museum in Ashdod published that the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Dan Shechtman, visited the museum and received and in-depth tour about the Philistines and their mayerial culture. As thus mu…

16/08/2026

Copy of the “Lions of Mycenae”!

For those interested in the ancient Aegean, here is something somewhat unexpected. Today I saw a full sized copy of the famous "Lions of Mycenae" (which adorn the Lions' Gate at the site) in a somewhat unexpected location. In the abomdoned limestone quarries at Le Baux, France, which is now used for very impressive sound and light shows (Carrières des Lumières), there is a full-scale replica of the lions, which was put by the movie director Jean Cocteau's, for his 1959 film The Testament of Orpheus ("Le testament d'Orphée"). Go figure...

For those interested in the ancient Aegean, here is something somewhat unexpected. Today I saw a full sized copy of the famous “Lions of Mycenae” (which adorn the Lions’ Gate at t…

13/08/2026

Photos of Tell es-Safi/Gath in 1948

Gil Kraus, of LA, has been super kind to pass on to me some pictures of Tell es-Safi/Gath that belonged to his father, Shmuel Kraus (who appears in the picture on the lower left hand side), who had served in the IDF during the Israel War of Independence in 1948, and was stationed briefly at the abandoned village of Tell es-Safi (after it was captured by the IDF in month of July)....

Gil Kraus, of LA, has been super kind to pass on to me some pictures of Tell es-Safi/Gath that belonged to his father, Shmuel Kraus (who appears in the picture on the lower left hand side), who had…

12/08/2026

The archaeological site of Glanum

Today, I had the pleasure to visit the archaeological site of Glanum, in Provence, France. First founded as an oppidum of the Salyen culture in the 6th century, enjoying a strategic location and an excellent water source. The site was dedicated to the local god Glan, the god of the deep. In the 2nd century BCE, the site was heavily influenced by Hellenistic culture, most probably from the Greeks living in and around…...

Today, I had the pleasure to visit the archaeological site of Glanum, in Provence, France. First founded as an oppidum of the Salyen culture in the 6th century, enjoying a strategic location and an…

09/08/2026

Early date of the founding of MB Hazor

Years ago, I argued in several publications (such as here and here) that the MB city of Hazor was founded earlier than suggested by the excavators. That is that it was not first found in MB II, but it was founded and become a central site at an earlier stage, in the late MB I or MBI/II transition. For many years, this was not accepted, but I'm glad to say that new research at Hazor now appears to support the early date (and perhaps even and earlier date!) that I had suggested!

Years ago, I argued in several publications (such as here and here) that the MB city of Hazor was founded earlier than suggested by the excavators. That is that it was not first found in MB II, but…

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