Some may think that the irrepressible Avraham Biran—who was 57 when he began directing the ongoing Tel Dan excavations 20 years ago—has found the fountain of youth at this major northern Galilee dig. In an interview with BAR editor Hershel Shanks (“BAR Interview: Avraham Biran—Twenty Years of Digging at Tel Dan”), Biran makes no such claim, but he does describe important discoveries at Dan that might not have been made without his perseverance—for example, the “Dancer From Dan,” a unique 14th–13th century B.C. plaque of a dancing man playing the lute. Biran also shares conclusions the excavators have reached—thanks […]
