The Jerusalem Post recently published an article by Sam Sokol about Jay Regosin, an American retiree in his 70s who has volunteered on so many archaeological excavations that he has now been elevated to a position on the paid staff of a Jerusalem excavation. Located in a former parking lot opposite the City of David, the dig may have uncovered the palace of the famous Queen Helena of Adiabene, who moved to Jerusalem in the first century C.E. and converted to Judaism.
The reporter asked Regosin how he happened to get into archaeology. After a trip to Israel, he replied, he “chanced upon a copy of the magazine Biblical Archaeology Review and he was hooked.”
“I devoured it,” Regosin explained, adding, “And I still do.”
The Jerusalem Post recently published an article by Sam Sokol about Jay Regosin, an American retiree in his 70s who has volunteered on so many archaeological excavations that he has now been elevated to a position on the paid staff of a Jerusalem excavation. Located in a former parking lot opposite the City of David, the dig may have uncovered the palace of the famous Queen Helena of Adiabene, who moved to Jerusalem in the first century C.E. and converted to Judaism. The reporter asked Regosin how he happened to get into archaeology. After a trip to Israel, he […]
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