This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire.
This title deals with one of the most important areas in the Land of Israel during the Second Temple period. It was to this area that most Jews returned from the Babylonian Exile, and it was here that the Hasmonean state, with its religious and military heritage, was formed and flourished. At the core of this book is the description of the discovery of two agricultural settlements and the finds unearthed there, which illuminate Jewish rural life during the Second Temple period. Most important is the unearthing of a synagogue, dating from before the destruction of the Temple, which is the first synagogue discovered from that period to date in the Land of Benjamin.
This report from the Omrit temple excavations presents artifacts (e.g., ceramics, frescoes, coins, etc.) recovered in the excavations of the Roman period sanctuary in northern Israel, and discusses the stratigraphy, building phases, and dating of the complex.
In the years 1983-2013, an archaeological expedition under the auspices of the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, was active on Mount Carmel, Israel.
Between 2007 and 2014, a Greek-American team investigated an impressive array of Early Roman to Early Byzantine buildings and burials on the Koutsongila Ridge at Kenchreai, the eastern port of ancient Corinth. This volume presents the project's final results, revealing abundant evidence not only for the history of activity in a transitional urban/suburban landscape, but also for the society, economy, and religion of local residents. Important structural and mortuary discoveries abound, including a district of lavish houses with exquisite mosaic pavement and an Early Christian Octagon. The large artifactual assemblage encompasses a variety of objects from pottery and lamps to glass, coins, and jewelry. Bones and teeth from over 200 individuals illustrate differences in health over time, while thousands of bones and shells from a variety of animals attest to diet and subsistence. This study paints a picture of a Corinthian community, small but prosperous and well connected, actively participating in an urban elite culture expressed through decorative art and monumental architecture.
Text in English and Hebrew Contents: The Finds from Cave 39C West of Horbat Barfiliya, Modi'in (Ianir Milevski and Hamoudi Khalaily) Finds from the Hellenistic 'Favissa' at 'Akko-Ptolemais (Donald T. Ariel and Natalie Messika) Two Pottery Assemblages from Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Anna de Vincenz and Ofer Sion) The Clay Oil Lamps from Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Varda Sussman) Local Glass Production in the Late Roman-Early Byzantine Periods in Light of the Glass Finds from Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Yael Gorin-Rosen and Natalya Katsnelson) The Coins from Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Ariel Berman) An Islamic Amulet from Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Nitzan Amitai-Preiss) Summaries of the Hebrew Section The Agricultural Hinterland West of Horbat Barfiliya, Modi'in (Elena Kogan-Zehavi and Yehiel Zelinger, with contributions by Gabriela Bijovsky and Deborah A. Sklar-Parnas) The Excavations at Khirbat el-Ni'ana (Ofer Sion) Building Remains and an Installation from the Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods at Nahal Daliya (Umm Tut) (Rina Avner) The Coins from Nahal Daliya (Umm Tut) (Helena Sokolov) Remains of an Early Islamic Settlement and a Hellenistic (Roman?) Tomb at Khirbat Deiran, Rehovot (Elena Kogan-Zehavi, with contributions by Robert Kool, Helena Sokolov and Orit Shamir) The Pottery from Stratum 2 at Khirbat Deiran, Rehovot (Miriam Avissar)