Director of excavations at Maresha, Amos Kloner (“Underground Metropolis”) teaches Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. Former district archaeologist for Jerusalem and the Judean Shephelah, Kloner wrote “Name of Ancient Israel’s Last President Discovered on Lead Weight,” BAR 14:04, and, with Gabriel Barkay, “Jerusalem Tombs from the Days of the First Temple,” BAR 12:02. Gusta Lehrer-Jacobson (“Fake! The Many Facets of the Forger’s Art”) was born and educated in Romania, receiving a degree in ancient history and archaeology. After settling in Israel, she participated in excavations in that country and in Italy and Turkey. Since 1965, Lehrer-Jacobson […]