Rudolf Cohen (“Smashing the Idols: Piecing Together an Edomite Shrine in Judah”) serves as deputy director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and co-director of the ‘En Hatzeva excavations. For three decades, Cohen has focused his archaeological activity on the Negev, where he has excavated Roman and Nabatean sites, along with dozens of desert fortresses—some thought to be from the time of Solomon. His numerous contributions to BAR include “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?”BAR 07:03, and “The Marvelous Mosaics of Kissufim,”BAR 06:01.
District archaeologist of the IAA for the central Negev and the Arava, Yigal Yisrael (“Smashing the Idols”) has co-directed excavations at ‘En Hatzeva since 1992. He has conducted several surveys in southern Israel, including one of Ashkelon, published in Excavations and Surveys in Israel 13 (1995).
Former curator of the Harvard Semitic Museum’s archaeological collections, James A. Sauer (“The River Runs Dry: Creation Story Preserves Historical Memory”) is now a research associate at the museum. Sauer first recognized that the ancient Near East suffered a long wet period as he explored several river valleys throughout the region. Chief archaeologist of the Wadi al-Jubah Project in Yemen, Sauer also surveyed the Orontes Valley in Syria and the East Jordan Valley, and he read pottery for surveys of Hesban, Central Moab and Wadi el-Hasa, in Edom. He has written numerous articles and reports on the archaeology of Yemen and Jordan and is currently preparing a volume on the ceramic finds from Hesban.
Rudolf Cohen (“Smashing the Idols: Piecing Together an Edomite Shrine in Judah”) serves as deputy director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and co-director of the ‘En Hatzeva excavations. For three decades, Cohen has focused his archaeological activity on the Negev, where he has excavated Roman and Nabatean sites, along with dozens of desert fortresses—some thought to be from the time of Solomon. His numerous contributions to BAR include “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?” BAR 07:03, and “The Marvelous Mosaics of Kissufim,” BAR 06:01. District archaeologist of the IAA for the central Negev and the Arava, Yigal Yisrael (“Smashing the […]
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