Hidden for almost 2000 years in remote caves in the Judean Desert, the Dead sea Scrolls are regarded as the greatest archaeological find of the twentieth century. The official IAA Catalogue. 162 pages. Includes various articles, photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran artifacts and Qumra...

The excavations conducted in Tiberias from 1989 to 1994 focused on two main sites within the boundaries of the ancient city. Part one of this excavation report deals with the first site - that in the area of the Sewage Processing Plant at the foot of Mount Berenice, 200m west of the Sea of Galilee. Part two deals with the second site, which comprises the two hills crowning the summit of Mount Berenice. The Sewage Processing Plant site yielded finds dating from the Late Roman Period to the Crusader Period and Middle-Ages. The main finds include a large structure from the Roman-Byzantine periods...

This volume, first in a series of final reports on excavations at Maresha during the 1980s and 1990s, deals with work undertaken in the 1980s. The excavations and surveys centered in the lower city. Ancient Maresha consisted of a high mound (tell) and a lower city that enclosed the upper area. The impressive remains of the lower city include extensive man-made subterranean complexes. A necropolis consisting of 3 major tomb concentrations surrounded the lower city. ...

Some 1400 sq m were exposed in the IAA excavations of the protohistoric site of Qiryat Ata. The study of the paleogeography reveals this location was an optimal area for exploitation of natural resources, including alluvial valleys, coastal habitats and forests, with stable water sources and extensive available farmland. The site yielded a wealth of stratified, well-dated architecture in a chronological sequence within the Early Bronze Age, illustrating the development from EB IB curvilinear structures, to late EB IB rectilinear forms with rounded corners, and finally EB II angular-cornered re...