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Israel Archaeological Dig #7
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Week One, Days 2-5: The Tools of Our Trade. The tools we use in archaeology...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #8
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Digging thru 3500 years of History in 82D In 82D John and I are not yet at...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #9
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Into a the East Bulk and a Stairway Revealed In the previous post (#8) I...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #10
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. A Grind Stone from the Time of King David While lowering the floor level of...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #11
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Cleaning and ‘Reading’ Pottery After a full days excavation (5am – 1pm) we...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #12
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. Area D2 is complete and has been cleaned and photographed as a whole. Here...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #13
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. In Area M there are also lots of bones emerging as well and a staff member...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #14 Final
2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) by John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. A final picture below shows site supervisor Dr Jeff Chadwick during final...
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Israel Archaeological Dig #14 FINAL – Version 2
This is an amended version of Israel Archaeological Dig #14 2018 Israel archaeological excavation at biblical Gath (home of Goliath) By John Stringer, Tell es-Safi, west of Jerusalem. I’ll sign off...
View ArticleShame on NZ
Jeremy Leibler writes in The Spectator: Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel once famously wrote ‘what hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.’New Zealand’s...
View Article10 ways to criticise Israel without being anti-semitic
A useful article on how one can criticise Israel without being anti-Semitic. Their 10 guidelines are: Acknowledge Israel and Israelis existJews are not the same as IsraelCriticise specific...
View ArticleNatural gas bringing peace to Middle East
AP reported: A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the geopolitical boost.Its newfound riches have fostered economic bonds with its...
View ArticleLooks like Bibi get’s a 5th term
The Guardian reports: Benjamin Netanyahu was on track on Wednesday morning to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, despite his Likud party winning the same number of seats as his...
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2019 Season: Archaeology of Historic Gath, Home of Goliath (#15).
By John Stringer. Dedicated to Mikenmildagain and Nassaka. A beautiful quintessential Philistine sherd emerged this week from Area D at Safi/Gath where I was excavating last season inside the ‘Nixon’...
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Wrap of 2019 archeological season GATH (Tell es-Safi) Israel (#16).
By John Stringer. IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN A KIWI CONTINGENT NEXT WINTER (JUNE 2020) FOR TWO WEEKS ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATING and make some awesome new friends (airfares, food, accomodation all inclusive,...
View ArticleMight be time up for Bibi
The provision election results for the 2nd Israeli elections this year are: Blue and White 33 seatsLikud 31Joint List 13Shas 9Yisrael Beiteinu 8UTJ 8Yamina 7Labor-Gesher 6Democratic Union 5 You need...
View ArticleA good peace deal
AP reports: Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex...
View ArticleBahrain and Israel also establish diplomatic relations
The JP reports: Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, a dramatic move aimed at easing...
View ArticleAnother Trump peace deal
News.com.au reports: US President Donald Trump has announced that Sudan will normalise relations with Israel – the third such deal his administration has brokered in recent months.Mr Trump invited...
View ArticleWas it Israel?
News.com.au reports: Iran said one of its most prominent nuclear scientists was assassinated Friday in an attack outside Tehran, blaming arch foe Israel and warning of “severe revenge”.The...
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