While resolving old mysteries archaeology can create new ones. Rudolph Cohen of the Israel Department of Antiquities excavated a site commonly thought to be Kadesh-Barnea, the most important stop on the Exodus route from Egypt to Canaan. But Cohen found no remains from the Exodus period. He discusses the problem in “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?” Cohen also reports on some of the important remains which he did find from the period of King Solomon and later. For 13 years, Cohen has served as Southern (Negev) District Archaeologist. Between 1976 and 1979 he led the excavations he describes in his […]