Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Histoire de l’art left a lasting mark on

left a lasting mark on the space of the northwestern Mediterranean

Women of faith but also historical figures

"The poems presented in this Calligrapher's Notebook illustrate a tradition that corresponds to the golden age of classical Chinese poetry

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ce Choix d’écrits a été édité par Denis Rousset avec la collaboration de Philippe Gauthier et Ivana Savalli-Lestrade

Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Histoire de l’art left a lasting mark onThis is the account of a remarkable excavation. It started with a modest dig on an unremarkable tell in Jordan. The name of the tell does not occur in the Bible, and no ancient town of any importance was to be expected under the rubble. The excavator Henk Franken had not yet made a name for himself within the archaeological community. And yet, from 1960 onwards history was being (re)written at Tell Deir Alla. To discover the secrets of the tell, the