Tel Dan Archaeology

02/01/2025

https://www.timesofisrael.com/miracle-hoard-of-hasmonean-coins-discovered-during-hanukkah-in-jordan-valley-dig/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0bViLS_NB6cgzPTAOYT_aTYjzn69gOQjq4TLPxWMv07dJsYvD_8Gtc5eI_aem_4pfUtY8zCCpVv3kqeJfEIw

Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins - dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee's grand-nephew - near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho

14/12/2024

https://www.jta.org/2024/12/13/ny/tel-dan-stele-oldest-archaeological-evidence-of-king-david-comes-to-nys-jewish-museum

The ancient artifact, which dates to the 9th century BCE, is on view through Jan. 5.

04/07/2023

We are working hard in our lab at with our UCLA colleagues!

18/06/2023

We may not be in the field this summer, but we still have many artifacts to analyze in our lab!

Pictured here is an Ottoman ceramic to***co pipe💨

11/06/2023

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/rare-2000-yr-old-coin-minted-by-mattathias-antigonus-seized-in-eastern-jerusalem-raid/2023/06/07/?fbclid=IwAR2huFAnh3AByHU0sFXu8k8S6pv00hI6E9oOYNvPXavR2uByZdLwXOgM4TM

Matatthias minted bronze coins in three denominations: large, medium and small. The seized coin is of medium value, and is rarer than the large value.

02/01/2023

From excavation to publication: a small glimpse at the archaeological life of a ceramic vessel.

Left image: Area Y, looking north. In-situ Egyptian jug on floor L3214b.

Right image: illustration of ceramic vessel in Dan III volume.

(Ben-Dov 2011: figs. 155, 158).

02/01/2023

We invite you to join our Hebrew lecture series at HUC (and available via Zoom), hosted by the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology. To stay up-to-date on our lecture series, please follow our page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088591437660

14/12/2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-coins-unearthed-israel-cave-maccabean-revolt-rcna61407

The find represents the “first evidence in the Judean Desert for the Maccabean revolt against the Greek Seleucid Kingdom,” the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday.

23/11/2022

Do you ever wonder what an early Iron Age village might look like in northern Israel?

Here is an artist's reconstruction of the structures and activities in Area B Stratum V at Tel Dan (drawing by D. Porotsky).

Image published in Dan IV, p.16.

23/11/2022

1986 excavation season at Tel Dan.

A volunteer excavates the assemblage from the "cult corner" in Area B-west. This context belongs to Iron Age IA (ca. 1100-1000).

Image is from Dan IV, fig. 2.28.

25/09/2022

happy new year from the Tel Dan team 😊

27/07/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/27/zodiac-coin-israel-cancer-sign/

The bronze coin, depicting the Roman moon goddess Luna and the Cancer zodiac sign, is the first discovery of its kind in the area, experts say.