House of Bones
I went to school to learn philosophy and I work as a tour guide. It may seem as though these two fields are totally unrelated;…
Tents or Houses?
When looking at the interface between biblical text and archaeology, we need to determine to what degree broken walls, fragments and stones can tell the…
Living in Tents
We approach the season of Sukkot, when Jews are commanded to live in tents to remember the 40 years of living in the desert before…
Games in the Negev
My family is obsessive about playing games. As a little girl growing up in Minnesota, playing games with my grandparents and cousins was the activity…
Dimona – Gateway to the World
Dimona, deep into the Negev, is off the beaten track. Best known for its nuclear power plant, and Nabatean remains, the development town is not…
Ecstasy in Arad
Ecstasy - being so overwhelmed by faith that one loses oneself - has always been a part of religious devotion. The question is: how do…
Herod and Judaism
Herod's relationship with Judaism comes under question very often. Was the 1st century BCE King of Judea Jewish? We need to remember that applying modern…
Where There is a Church, There is History
About 1500 years before the first archaeologist took up his spade to look for the past in the ground, Byzantines started identifying historic sites. Bibles…
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Herod’s Gardens
Herod, Herod in a land so arid, How did your garden grow? With cypress, pine, and bonsai olive trees, That's how your garden grew! Herod…
Qesem Balls
Qesem Cave, occupied between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago continues to amaze and impress me. I've written about Qesem cave here and here as a…
